The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Jane Jacobs ; with a new foreword by the author
Jane Jacobs ; with a new foreword by the author
- Author(s)
- Jane Jacobs
- Publication
- New York : Random House, 1993 (1961)
- Scope
- Modern Library Edition. - 598 Pages, 19 cm.
- ISBN
- 0679600477
Jane Jabobs' book leads us to think about each element of a city-sidewalks, parks, neighborhoods, government, economy-as a synergistic unit both encompassing structure and going beyond it to the functioning dynamics of our habitats. On a revealing journey through the problems of modern urban centers, artificially engineered to meet political and economic agendas, we arrive at a greater understanding of the intrinsic nature of our cities-as they should be. A classic since its publication in 1961, this book is the defintive statement on American cities: what makes them safe, how they function, and why all too many official attempts at saving them have failed.
