Native to Nowhere: Sustaining Home and Community in a Global Age

by Timothy Beatley

Book Overview

Meaningful places offer a vital counterbalance to the forces of globalization and sameness that are overtaking our world, and are an essential element in the search for solutions to current sustainability challenges. In Native to Nowhere, author Tim Beatley draws on extensive research and travel to communities across North America and Europe to offer a practical examination of the concepts of place and place-building in contemporary life...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559634537
• ISBN13: 9781559634533
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"