{"product_id":"crossing-great-divides-john-d-fairfield-9781439925720","title":"Crossing Great Divides: City and Country in Environmental and Political Disorder","description":"Ranging across two centuries of American history, \u003ci\u003eCrossing Great Divides\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the habit of construing city and country as opposites is at the root of our current environmental and political disorder. This oversimplifying dualism has distorted how we planned cities, our patterns of production and consumption, how we deal with waste, and how urban and rural populations perceive each other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Conventional urban environmental reform has made modern city life possible, but it has done little to limit the despoliation of distant places. Nevertheless, the successes of urban environmental reform remind us of what is possible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e John Fairfield concludes with a case study of Phoenix, Arizona to demonstrate this dysfunctional relationship between city and country while developing a sympathetic critique of the Green New Deal. He suggests how we might bridge the \"great divide\" as we face the daunting challenges the twenty-first century is pressing upon us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John D. Fairfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439925720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439925720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"John D. Fairfield","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45897512485119,"sku":"9781439925720","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37d2faaf-5b36-402e-a9d2-4c5ecf3e1d58.jpg?v=1721374100","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crossing-great-divides-john-d-fairfield-9781439925720","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}