Jane Jacobs
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born
May 04, 1916
died
April 25, 2006
gender
female
place of birth
Scranton, Pennsylvania, The United States
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs avg rating 4.32 — 1,184 ratings — published 1961 10 editions |
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Dark Age Ahead by Jane Jacobs avg rating 3.55 — 143 ratings — published 2004 6 editions |
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The Economy of Cities by Jane Jacobs avg rating 3.95 — 106 ratings — published 1970 3 editions |
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Cities and the Wealth of Nations by Jane Jacobs avg rating 3.97 — 73 ratings — published 1985 4 editions |
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The Nature of Economies by Jane Jacobs avg rating 3.71 — 55 ratings — published 2000 5 editions |
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Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics by Jane Jacobs avg rating 3.89 — 28 ratings — published 1993 2 editions |
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A School Teacher In Old Alaska: The Story Of Hannah Breece by Jane Jacobs avg rating 3.67 — 21 ratings — published 1997 |
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A Question of Separatism by Jane Jacobs avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 1980 2 editions |
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Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life by Jane Jacobs avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1984 |
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Retour à l'âge des ténèbres by Jane Jacobs avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2005 |
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"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
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poverty,
prosperity
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"You can't rely on bringing people downtown, you have to put them there."
— Jane Jacobs (The Death and Life of Great American Cities)
— Jane Jacobs (The Death and Life of Great American Cities)
"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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| True North: Your Neighborhood... or Not? | 26 | 42 | Mar 14, 2009 03:24PM | |
| 50 Books A Year: Evan's 50 for 2009 | 42 | 243 | Sep 08, 2009 11:24AM |
