Becoming Jane Jacobs
(Book)
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Published
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016].
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
711.4092 LAURE
1 available
711.4092 LAURE
1 available
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Published
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
365 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
UPC
40025773044
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-347) and index.
Description
"Jane Jacobs is universally recognized as one of the key figures in American urbanism. The author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, she uncovered the complex and intertwined physical and social fabric of the city and excoriated the urban renewal policies of the 1950s. As the legend goes, Jacobs, a housewife, single-handedly stood up to Robert Moses, New York City's powerful master builder, and other city planners who sought first to level her Greenwich Village neighborhood and then to drive a highway through it. Jacobs's most effective weapons in these David-versus-Goliath battles, and in writing her book, were her powers of observation and common sense"--Jacket.
Subjects
LC Subjects
City planners -- Canada -- Biography.
City planners -- United States -- Biography.
City planning -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
City planning -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Jacobs, Jane, -- 1916-2006.
Sociology, Urban -- Philosophy.
Urban renewal -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Urban renewal -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women city planners -- Canada -- Biography.
Women city planners -- United States -- Biography.
City planners -- United States -- Biography.
City planning -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
City planning -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Jacobs, Jane, -- 1916-2006.
Sociology, Urban -- Philosophy.
Urban renewal -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Urban renewal -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women city planners -- Canada -- Biography.
Women city planners -- United States -- Biography.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Laurence, P. L. (2016). Becoming Jane Jacobs . University of Pennsylvania Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Laurence, Peter L. 2016. Becoming Jane Jacobs. University of Pennsylvania Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Laurence, Peter L. Becoming Jane Jacobs University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Laurence, Peter L. Becoming Jane Jacobs University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016.
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