Oh, yes, the photos are a special treat.” Congratulations on a fine job of oral history. What is so appealing about the book is the warmth of spirit, the good-humor, all conveying a feeling of community that is very encouraging. “ done a wonderful job at bringing a community to life, through the voices of its citizens-a fascinating array of people whose personalities and characters shine through. But if this is the best kind of popular scholarship and writing we can expect in support of the anti-auto movement, then that movement is likely doomed.“Many, many thanks for the copy of Voices of Brookline.I only wish Jack could have read it too!” This is all very unfortunate, because the point of the book needs to be made, and I give Jane Holtz Kay three stars for making it. Despite the 'how we can take it back' part of the subtitle, the book contains no apendices or tables listing resources for anti-car activism I have had to jot down notes _en passant_ and look up the names she mentions using the internet. 267), that one wonders whether the author was awake during much of her task, or perhaps writing under a strict deadline. Asphalt Nation is chock-full of cliche's - sometimes repeated on the same page - and contains such horrible misquotations as 'think locally, act globally' (p. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.Īlthough I wholeheartedly agree with Jane Holtz Kay that the car is ruining America (I just junked mine and started taking the train), I wish she had done a better job of writing about the problem. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.

Lost Boston by Jane Holtz Kay