Lecture by James Howard Kunstler: ‘The Long Emergency: America’s Car Culture and the End of Cheap Gas’

By Aaron Donovan
Nov 13, 2006

Lecture by James Howard Kunstler with a reception to follow as the author signs copies of The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century.

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New Urbanists: No Economic Recovery Without Smart Growth

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St. Louis Blogger Tells Kunstler He Got It Wrong

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