The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Vintage)
Editorial Reviews
Review
"The liveliness of her mind is a joy to behold, as is her common sense and a prose style uncluttered with the litter of empty jargon...her book is well and timely met." - The Globe and Mail
"This is vintage Jane Jacobs: quietly authoritative, profoundly accessible, and disdainful of the blinkered viewpoints of academic theorists." - The Calgary Herald
"Witty, beautifully written--the culmination of Jacobs' previous thinking, and a step forward that deftly invokes a broader philosophical, even metaphysical, context." - Publishers Weekly
"Jane Jacobs has become more than a person. She is an adjective." - Toronto Life
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Book Description
A classic since its publication in 1961, this book is the defintive statement on American cities: what makes them safe, how they function, and why all too many official attempts at saving them have failed.
The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Vintage)
The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Vintage),Jane Jacobs,Vintage,067974195X,Architecture,City planning,Planning,Sociology,Sociology - Urban,United States,Urban History,Urban Planning,Urban policy,Urban renewal,Social Science / Sociology / Urban
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