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Jane Jacobs
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born
May 04, 1916
in Scranton, Pennsylvania, The United States
died
April 25, 2006
gender
female
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
  4.30 avg rating — 2,963 ratings
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1961
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15 editions
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Dark Age Ahead
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2004
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The Economy of Cities
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Cities and the Wealth of Nations
4.09 avg rating — 138 ratings
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1984
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The Nature of Economies
3.71 avg rating — 133 ratings
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2000
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Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics
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A School Teacher In Old Alaska: The Story Of Hannah Breece
3.73 avg rating — 45 ratings
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1997
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A Question of Separatism
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published
1980
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The Question of Separatism: Quebec and the Struggle over Sovereignty
by Jane Jacobs, Robin Philpot 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Amerika Daitoshi No Shi To Sei
by Jane Jacobs, 山形 浩生 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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2010
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“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.”
― Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
― Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
“To seek "causes" of poverty in this way is to enter an intellectual dead end because poverty has no causes. Only prosperity has causes.”
― Jane Jacobs
― Jane Jacobs
“By its nature, the metropolis provides what otherwise could be given only by traveling; namely, the strange.”
― Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
― Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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