{"product_id":"dead-end-benjamin-ross-9780190263300","title":"Dead End: Suburban Sprawl and the Rebirth of American Urbanism","description":"More than five decades have passed since Jane Jacobs wrote her classic \u003cem\u003eThe Death and Life of Great American Cities\u003c\/em\u003e, and since a front page headline in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e read, \"Cars Choking Cities as 'Urban Sprawl' Takes Over.\" Yet sprawl persists, and not by mistake. It happens for a reason. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs an activist and a scholar, Benjamin Ross is uniquely placed to diagnose why this is so. \u003cem\u003eDead End\u003c\/em\u003e traces how the ideal of a safe, green, orderly retreat where hardworking members of the middle class could raise their children away from the city mutated into the McMansion and strip mall-ridden suburbs of today. Ross finds that sprawl is much more than bad architecture and sloppy planning. Its roots are historical, sociological, and economic. He uses these insights to lay out a practical strategy for change, honed by his experience leading the largest grass-roots mass transit advocacy organization in the United States. The problems of smart growth, sustainability, transportation, and affordable housing, he argues, are intertwined and must be solved as a whole. The two keys to creating better places to live are expansion of rail transit and a more genuinely democratic oversight of land use. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eDead End\u003c\/em\u003e is, ultimately, about the places where we live our lives. Both an engaging history of suburbia and an invaluable guide for today's urbanist, it will serve as a primer for anyone interested in how Americans actually live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Ross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019026330X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190263300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Benjamin Ross","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054616211711,"sku":"9780190263300","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_19561b26-a738-42e4-91e3-100d466341ac.jpg?v=1685030983","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dead-end-benjamin-ross-9780190263300","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}