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Jane Jacobs: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
Jane JacobsThese interviews capture Jacobs at her very best and are an essential reminder of why Jacobs was—and remains—unrivaled in her analyses and her ability to cut through cant and received wisdom. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Contemporary Perspectives on Jane Jacobs: Reassessing the ...
Dirk SchubertThe Battle for Gotham, New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs. New York, NY: Nation Books; Klemek, C., 2007. Jane Jacobs' Urban Village: Well Preserved or Cast Adrift? Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, ...
The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs
PreviewDivided into four parts: I. Jacobs, Urban Philosopher; II. Jacobs, Urban Economist; II. Jacobs, Urban Sociologist; and IV. Jacobs, Urban Designer, the book evaluates the impact of Jacobs's writings and activism on the city, the professions ...
Dark Age Ahead
Jane JacobsIn this indispensable book, urban visionary Jane Jacobs argues that as agrarianism gives way to a technology-based future, we’re at risk of cultural collapse.
The Economy of Cities
Jane JacobsIn this book, Jane Jacobs, building on the work of her debut, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, investigates the delicate way cities balance the interplay between the domestic production of goods and the ever-changing tide of ...
Becoming Jane Jacobs
Peter L. LaurenceIn Becoming Jane Jacobs, an intellectual biography of the great urbanist, Peter L. Laurence asserts that The Death and Life of Great American Cities was not the spontaneous epiphany of an amateur activist but the product of a professional ...
Cities and the Wealth of Nations
Jane JacobsIn this eye-opening work of economic theory, Jane Jacobs argues that it is cities—not nations—that are the drivers of wealth.
Jane Jacobs: Urban Visionary
Alice Sparberg AlexiouThis book tells how without any formal training in planning, Jacobs became a prominent spokesperson for sensible urban change.
Contemporary Perspectives on Jane Jacobs: Reassessing the ...
Dirk Schubert... Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: schubert, Dirk. Contemporary perspectives on Jane Jacobs : reassessing the impacts of an urban visionary / by Dirk schubert. pages cm includes bibliographical references and index.
The Working Press of the Nation
More editionsPaul M. Sheptow Publisher Bruce Anderson Managing Editor Joanne Jacobs _ New Products Editor Joanne Jacobs News Editor Joanne Jacobs . Joanne Jacobs . Joanne Jacobs . . Book Review Editor Photo Editor Associate Editor ...
A.J. Jacobs Omnibus: The Know-It-All, The Year of Living ...
A. J. JacobsAn eBook boxed set that features the first three of A.J. Jacobs's riotous—and surprisingly informative—ventures into experiential journalism.
A Study Guide for W. W. Jacobs's "Monkey's Paw"
Gale, Cengage Learning“W. W. Jacobs,” in Supernatural Fiction Writers, Vol. I, edited by E. F. Bleiler, Scribner, 1985, pp. 38387. Donaldson writes a brief description of Jacobs's supernatural tales, including “The Monkey's Paw,” which he calls Jacobs's best. Harding ...
Delphi Complete Works of W. W. Jacobs (Illustrated):
W. W. JacobsW. W. Jacobs. The Complete Works of W. W. JACOBS By Delphi Classics, 2016 COPYRIGHT Complete Works of W. W. Jacobs First published in.
Block by Block: Jane Jacobs and the Future of New York
Preview"This book is an attack on current city planning and rebuilding.
Many Cargoes
W. W. JacobsThis early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published in 1896 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
The Lady of the Barge
W. W. JacobsThis early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
Sailors' Knots
W. W. JacobsThis early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published in 1909 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
Short Cruises
W. W. JacobsThis early work by William Wymark Jacobs was originally published in 1906 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
Sea Urchins
W. W. JacobsW. W. Jacobs was a very popular English author of short stories at the turn of the 20th-century. Most of his tales had a humorous edge, though he revealed his dark side in one or two works.
A Jane Austen Encyclopedia
Paul PoplawskiJane Austen Society. Jane Austen and Jane Austen's House. Alton: Jane Austen Society, 1949, 12 pp. Mainly on Jane Austen and Chawton. . Collected Reports of the Jane Austen Society, 1949-1965. Folkestone: William Dawson and Son, ...
Our School: The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big ...
Joanne JacobsThe Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big Idea, and the School That Beat the Odds Joanne Jacobs. "A bold story about a gutsy pair of education reformers . . . Jacobs takes the reader into the lives of the struggling students as they shed ...
The Year of Living Biblically
A J JacobsThe resulting spiritual journey is at once funny and profound, reverent and irreverent, personal and universal, and will make you see history's most influential book with new eyes. 'A.J. Jacobs has written a -- how else to put it?
Point of honor
David GethinThe two witnesses who appeared were Kelly and Stuart Jacobs. Jacobs is dead. Heroin overdose. Someone wanted him out of the way. That someone was Ives. He didn't want it known he'd been at the party." Daniels' eyes flickered for a ...
Walking Among Us: The Alien Plan to Control Humanity
David M. JacobsJacobs is a careful researcher who has investigated more than 1150 abduction events experienced by more than 150 abductees. This book focuses on the experiences of thirteen abductees.
Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint
Kathy JacobsA recognized expert in teaching Microsoft PowerPoint skills demonstrates how to design presentations to meet the needs of every audience.
Design Book Review: DBR.
More editionsMarta Gutman Regarding Broadway Ever since Jane Jacobs wrote The Death and Life of Great American Cities, American architects and planners have recognized that the gridiron street and its counterpart, the gridiron plan, are the primary ...
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Jane JacobsA settlement-house director in the Lower East Side, Dora Tannenbaum of Grand Street Settlement, says of people in different building groupings of an adjacent project: “These people cannot seem to get the idea they have anything in common ...
Conservatives in Power: The Reagan Years, 1981-1989: A Brief ...
Meg JacobsIn this collection, Jacobs and Zelizer explore the successes and limitations of the so-called Reagan Revolution and chronicle its legacy through subsequent presidencies up to Barack Obama's election in 2008.
Teen Cyberbullying Investigated: Where Do Your Rights End ...
Thomas A. JacobsMeg, your writing and organizational skills are greatly appreciated. And finally, my sincere appreciation to Mary Beth Tinker, Ian Zack, Emma-Jane Cross, Richard Piggin, and Kimberley O'Brien for taking time out of their busy schedules to ...
The International Good Templar
B. F. ParkerSTUART JACOBS, G. S' J. '1'. OF ARIZONA. Our Secretary-Treasurer is bonded in the Baltimore Trust Co. for. Stuart Jacobs, 0. 5. J. T. of Arizona. We take pleasure in introducing' to our readers the Worthy Superintendent of Juvenile Temples, ...
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