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Death and Life of Great American Cities

Jane Jacobs • Vintage • ISBN 9780679741954

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Death and Life of Great American Cities

Jane Jacobs • Vintage • ISBN-13 9780679741954

ISBN-10 Not provided • 1992

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ISBN 9780679741954 • Completeness 48

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A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has characterized much of urban planning in this century, The Death and Life of Great American Cities has, since its first publication in 1961, become the standard against which all endeavors in that field are measured.

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Publisher: Vintage
1992
Pages: 458

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Contributor: Jane Jacobs

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Category: EiCategory: EssentialsCategory: History & TheoryCategory: ReadyCategory: Urbanism

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