Vista normal Vista MARC Vista ISBD

Alexiou, Alice Sparberg 1951-

Jane Jacobs : urban visionary. / txt Alice Sparberg Alexiou. - x, 231 p. ill. ; 24 cm. book

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-219) and index.

Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
One From Scranton to New York --
Two Urban blight --
Three Urban renewal --
Four The housewife with no college degree --
Five The death and life of great American cities --
Six The West Village and Lomex battles --
Seven More battles --
Eight Race, gentrification, and the South Bronx --
Nine Toronto --
Ten Economist without portfolio --
Eleven The quintessential American --
Notes --

ISBN: 0813537924 9780813537924

LCCN: 2005023067

Subjects--Personal Names:
Jacobs, Jane. 1916-2006.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
City planners.--Biography.
Sociology urban
Women city planners--Biography.

LC Class. No.: HT166 / A6155 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 307.1/216/092 B