The Resource The death and life of great American cities, Jane Jacobs ; with a new introduction by Jason Epstein and a foreword by the author
The death and life of great American cities, Jane Jacobs ; with a new introduction by Jason Epstein and a foreword by the author
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- Summary
- The Death and Life of Great American Cities was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning. ... [It] can also be seen in a much larger context. It is first of all a work of literature; the descriptions of street life as a kind of ballet and the bitingly satiric account of traditional planning theory can still be read for pleasure even by those who long ago absorbed and appropriated the book's arguments." Jane Jacobs, an editor and writer on architecture in New York City in the early sixties, argued that urban diversity and vitality were being destroyed by powerful architects and city planners. Rigorous, sane, and delightfully epigrammatic, Jane Jacobs's tour de force is a blueprint for the humanistic management of cities. It remains sensible, knowledgeable, readable, and indispensable. --- Book Description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 50th anniversary edition, 2011 Modern Library edition.
- Extent
- xxxvi, 598 pages
- Note
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- Originally published: New York : Random House, 1961
- Includes index
- Isbn
- 9780679644330
- Label
- The death and life of great American cities
- Title
- The death and life of great American cities
- Statement of responsibility
- Jane Jacobs ; with a new introduction by Jason Epstein and a foreword by the author
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The Death and Life of Great American Cities was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning. ... [It] can also be seen in a much larger context. It is first of all a work of literature; the descriptions of street life as a kind of ballet and the bitingly satiric account of traditional planning theory can still be read for pleasure even by those who long ago absorbed and appropriated the book's arguments." Jane Jacobs, an editor and writer on architecture in New York City in the early sixties, argued that urban diversity and vitality were being destroyed by powerful architects and city planners. Rigorous, sane, and delightfully epigrammatic, Jane Jacobs's tour de force is a blueprint for the humanistic management of cities. It remains sensible, knowledgeable, readable, and indispensable. --- Book Description
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1916-2006
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jacobs, Jane
- Dewey number
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- 307.1/2160973
- 307.760973
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- City planning
- Urban renewal
- Urban policy
- City planning
- Urban policy
- Urban renewal
- United States
- Label
- The death and life of great American cities, Jane Jacobs ; with a new introduction by Jason Epstein and a foreword by the author
- Note
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- Originally published: New York : Random House, 1961
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 854137
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Edition
- 50th anniversary edition, 2011 Modern Library edition.
- Extent
- xxxvi, 598 pages
- Isbn
- 9780679644330
- Lccn
- 2011292317
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780679644330
- (OCoLC)748543003
- Label
- The death and life of great American cities, Jane Jacobs ; with a new introduction by Jason Epstein and a foreword by the author
- Note
-
- Originally published: New York : Random House, 1961
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 854137
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Edition
- 50th anniversary edition, 2011 Modern Library edition.
- Extent
- xxxvi, 598 pages
- Isbn
- 9780679644330
- Lccn
- 2011292317
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780679644330
- (OCoLC)748543003
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