The clear-eyed, definitive history of the modern American economy and the decline of the American Dream, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist behind The New York Times's “The Morning” newsletter. “With the even-handed incisiveness that has made him one of the country’s most-respected voices on economics, David Leonhardt illuminates the inside history of the players and mis...(展开全部)

In this celebration of contemporary American fiction, Kathryn Hume explores how estrangement from America has shaped the fiction of a literary generation, which she calls the Generation of the Lost Dream. In breaking down the divisions among standard categories of race, religion, ethnicity, and gender, Hume identifies shared core concerns, values, and techniques among seemingly...(展开全部)

Pulitzer Prize winner Hedrick Smith’s new book is an extraordinary achievement, an eye-opening account of how, over the past four decades, the American Dream has been dismantled and we became two Americas. In his bestselling The Russians, Smith took millions of readers inside the Soviet Union. In The Power Game, he took us inside Washington’s corridors of power. Now Smi...(展开全部)

Pulitzer Prize winner Hedrick Smith’s new book is an extraordinary achievement, an eye-opening account of how, over the past four decades, the American Dream has been dismantled and we became two Americas. In his bestselling The Russians, Smith took millions of readers inside the Soviet Union. In The Power Game, he took us inside Washington’s corridors of power. Now Smi...(展开全部)

作者简介 亨特•S. 汤普森（Hunter S. Thompson），美国著名记者、作家，具有广泛影响力的政治评论家，美国“新新闻”代表人物，《滚石》头牌作家，也是其中最传奇的一位。 一生写作无数，主要作品包括《朗姆酒日记》《地狱天使》《惧恨拉斯维加斯》《猎鲨记》《 爽过性爱》《恐惧王国》和《无望者之歌》等等，是美国六七十年代亚文化的重要推动者，作品中有多部被改编成电影。 2005年2月20日，汤普森在家中吞枪自杀，根据遗愿，他的骨灰被放入礼炮中打向夜空。 译者简介 经雷，曾任中国电影出版社外国编辑室编辑，现为纽约时报中文网翻译编辑。

作者简介 亨特•S. 汤普森（Hunter S. Thompson），美国著名记者、作家，具有广泛影响力的政治评论家，美国“新新闻”代表人物，《滚石》头牌作家，也是其中最传奇的一位。 一生写作无数，主要作品包括《朗姆酒日记》《地狱天使》《惧恨拉斯维加斯》《猎鲨记》《 爽过性爱》《恐惧王国》和《无望者之歌》等等，是美国六七十年代亚文化的重要推动者，作品中有多部被改编成电影。 2005年2月20日，汤普森在家中吞枪自杀，根据遗愿，他的骨灰被放入礼炮中打向夜空。 译者简介 经雷，曾任中国电影出版社外国编辑室编辑，现为纽约时报中文网翻译编辑。

Regarding issues of urban sprawl Visit Sprawl Net, at Rice University. It's under construction, but it should be an interesting resource. Check out the traffic in the land of commuting. And, finally, enjoy Los Angeles: Revisiting the Four Ecologies.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken. Now this cult classic of gonzo journalism is a major motion picture from Universa...(展开全部)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken. Now this cult classic of gonzo journalism is a major motion picture from Universa...(展开全部)