Cities and the Wealth of Nations : principles of economic life. / txt
Jane Jacobs.
- 1st Vintage Books ed.
- ix, 257 p. 18 cm. book
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Random House, c1984.
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 --
"Learned, iconoclastic and exciting ... Jacobs' diagnosis of the decay of cities in an increasingly integrated world economy is on the mark." -- New York Times Book Review"Jacobs' book is inspired, idiosyncratic and personal ... It is written with verve and humor; for a work of embattled theory, it is wonderfully concrete, and its leaps are breathtaking." -- Los Angeles Times"Not only comprehensible but entertaining ... Like Mrs. Jacobs' other books, it offers a concrete approach to an abstract and elusive subject. That, all by itself, makes for an intoxicating experience." --
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