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The Preservationist Manifesto by Charles Siegel Northbrae Books, 2140 Shattuck Ave. STE 2122, Berkely, CA 94704
	A very passionate account of much of what is 'wrong' with our way of thinking today. While at times more emotional than statistical, Siegel's work does a wonderful job of sounding the battle cry in the fight to make the world more humane.
Community and the Politics of Place by Daniel Kemmis University of Oklahoma Press
	Daniel Kemmis gives us a well researched and interesting to read account of how important it is to have a sense of place tied to our local, national and world politics.
The Necessity for Ruins and Other Topics by J.B. Jackson The University of Massachusetts Press
	The historical built environment reminds us who we are, and where we've been, as a people. Jackson's essays illustrate the importance of preserving our physical environment, and the deep meaning (even if we don't often realize it) that it has for us.
Discovering the Vernacular Landscape by J.B. Jackson
	Vernacular: what makes a place unique? What separates one part of this country from another? Increasingly, our distinct regions are losing their individual character. Read what J. B. Jackson has to say abou this and other topics.
The McDonaldization of Society by George Ritzer Pine Forge Press
	An exhaustive look into the mechanistic, assembly line processes emerging in our world and their effect on American and global culture.
Remaking America by John Bodnar Princeton University Press

The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
	The definitive chronicle of the fate of the American city. If you want to understand anything about America's urban past, you must read this book.
Sustainable Communities by Sim Van der Ryn and Peter Calthorpe Sierra Club Books
	This book illustrates some ideas that can help us begin to design places that enable humans to inhabit the earth in a non-destructive way.
A Sustainable Economy for the 21st Century by Juliet Schor Seven Stories Press (pamphlet)

The Power of Place by Dolores Hayden The MIT Press
	Remember the neighborhood where you grew up? It wasn't just the people that made the memories. The title says it all.
Bomb The Suburbs by William Upski Wimsatt The Subway and Elevated Press Company
	A hip-hop driven look at urban culture, guerilla art, and the dangers of the whitebread, cookie-cutter suburban lifestyle.
The Overspent American by Juliet Schor

Small Is Beautiful by E.F. Schumacher

The Geography of Nowhere by Henry Kunstler
	A powerful, opinionated account of the destruction of the American urban and neighborhood landscape by corporate interests, highway planners, and other pieces of the machine.
The Organization Man by William Hollingsworth Whyte

Building Dwelling Thinking (from Poetry, Language, Thought) by Martin Heidegger
	Understand the essence of what it means to inhabit the world. To make a mark on it. To engage in human endeavors. This work is both profound and simple.
The Sacred and the Profane by Mircea Eliade

The Turning Point by Fritof Capra

Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenence by Robert M. Pirsig

Asphalt Nation

Corporations Are Gonna Get Your Mamma

The Tyranny of The Bottom Line