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Jacobs, Jane. 1916-2006.

Cities and the Wealth of Nations : principles of economic life. / txt Jane Jacobs. - ix, 257 p. 25 cm. book

Includes index

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:
1 Fool’s Paradise 3 --
2 Back to Reality 29 --
3 Cities Own Regions 45 --
4 Supply Regions 59 --
5 Regions Workers Abandon 72 --
6 Technology and Clearances 79 --
7 Transplant Regions 93 --
8 Capital for Regions Without Cities 105 --
9 Bypassed Places 124 --
10 Why Backward Cities Need One Another 135 --
11 Faulty Feedback to Cities 156 --
12 Transactions of Decline 182 --
13 The Predicament 204 --
14 Drift 221 --
Acknowledgments 233 --
Notes 234 --
Index 245 --


ISBN: 0394480473

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Urban economics.
Wealth
Economic history
Sociología urbana

LC Class. No.: HT321 / J319 1984

Dewey Class. No.: 330.9173/2