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"A new book by influential urbanist Jane Jacobs, released in Jacobs' centenary, and showing her evolution as a writer and thinker. Vital Little Plans will bring together for the first time a selection of essays, articles...
The author believes if the cities regain their ancient economic independence, the stagnant world economy will be revitalized. 1984.
Architectural and city-planning scholar Jacobs argues that Western civilization in general and North American society in particular are headed for a period of reconfiguration, chaos, and lost cultural memory. She credits...
In the form of a Platonic dialogue, Jacobs identifies two distinct moral syndromes - one governing commerce, the other, politics - and explores what happens when these two syndromes collide. She investigates such example...
Jacobs examines the similarities between the growth and change that occurs within an economy, and the growth and changes that occur within nature. She argues that through the study of systems found in nature we can bette...
Hannah Breece set out for Alaska in 1904 at the age of 45. With 24 years of teaching experience, her assignment was to bring education to the new state and its native inhabitants. After 14 years, she moved back to the ma...
The author believes if the cities regain their ancient economic independence, the stagnant world economy will be revitalized. 1984.