A Field Guide to Sprawl

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"Field guides to plants abound, but where can an amateur (un)naturalist find something to lead him or her through the jungle of terms used in modern land development? A Field Guide to Sprawl provides such a resource." -- American Scientist "Hayden argues that, in its vividness, slang fuses description and critique, mobilizing the imagination in a way that expert speech cannot. . . . Once again, Hayden has chosen to look where others had not thought to look, and it is to our benefit. Armed with more knowledge of what came before us and with what stands before us, we are better prepared to take position within the contested landscape of sprawl." -- Jacqueline Tatom - Journal of Architectural Education "Zooming alligators! This is a handy introduction to some curious ways of using the land." -- landartnet.org "A flair for words and a collection of stunning photographs. . . Captivating . . . Hayden packs a lot of information and a wealth of clever coinages into a brief, quick-moving text. The Field Guide will both inform and entertain readers who are disturbed by the wastefulness and disconnection of conventional development." -- Philip Langdon - New Urban News "[A] landmark contribution to this literature." -- The Nation "A wonderful guide to the terrible things being done to the American landscape." -- Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation