Eyes on the street : the life of Jane Jacobs / Robert Kanigel.
Eyes on the street : the life of Jane Jacobs / Robert Kanigel.
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Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
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G 2017/4422
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Language
English
Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 482 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part I: An uncredentialed woman, 1916-1954. A generous place to live ; Outlaw ; Ladies' nest of owls, and other milestones in the education of Miss Jane Butzner ; The great bewildering world ; Morningside Heights ; Women's work ; Amerika ; Trushchoby -- Part II: In the big world, 1954-1968. Disencha...
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Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
Edition
First edition.
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
"Chronicles the life of a noted activist who wrote seven groundbreaking books, including her most famous, The Death and Life of Great American Cities; saved neighborhoods; stopped expressways; was arrested twice; and engaged at home and on the streets in thousands of debates -- all of which she won, "--NoveList.
The first full-scale biography of Jane Jacobs, the irrepressible woman who with her book The Death and Life of American Cities, and others that followed, so profoundly changed the way we think about and live in cities that, to this day, her influence can still be felt in any discussion of urban planning, or in any conversation about what cities mea...
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Eyes on the street : the life of Jane Jacobs / Robert Kanigel.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-466) and index.
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G 2017/4422
Record Identifier
74VKVXBxeOMM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVXBxeOMM
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ISBN
9780307961907
DDC
711.4092
MMS ID
991024119919702626
