Chris's review
Dark Age Ahead
by Jane Jacobs
Chris's review
Dark Age Ahead by Jane Jacobs
Chris's review
rating:
recommended for: those who want an extended preface to Jared Diamond's "Collapse"
I feel bad about giving a Jane Jacobs book such a low rating, but this one was not very good. She rambles a lot. There are a few insightful bits about economics methodology and urban policy in Toronto. She spends a good part of the book saying how brilliant Jared Diamond is -- you get the sense that she wanted to take on the grand project that he did in "Collapse", but just didn't have enough time. This was her last book. I say just read "Collapse" and stick to Jacob's other [wonderful] work, unless you just want to read this one to say you've read everything she's written.
