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Published by Vintage, 1992
ISBN 10: 067974195XISBN 13: 9780679741954
Seller: HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
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Published by Vintage, 1963
ISBN 10: 0394702417ISBN 13: 9780394702414
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has characterized much of urban planning in this century, The Death and Life of Great American Cities has, since its first publication in 1961, become the standard against which all endeavors in that field are measured. In prose of outstanding immediacy, Jane Jacobs writes about what makes streets safe or unsafe; about what constitutes a neighborhood, and what function it serves within the larger organism of the city; about why some neighborhoods remain impoverished while others regenerate themselves. She writes about the salutary role of funeral parlors and tenement windows, the dangers of too much development money and too little diversity. Compassionate, bracingly indignant, and always keenly detailed, Jane Jacobs's monumental work provides an essential framework for assessing the vitality of all cities.
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Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1961
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Solid binding. Boards show some signs of bowing. Minimal, but noticable damage due to wetness. Minimal edgewear. Binding is somewhat loose. Leaves are starting to separate from the binding. Minimal, but noticable fading due to exposure to sunlight. Small wrinkles in the cover. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.
Published by Modern Library, 1993
ISBN 10: 0679600477ISBN 13: 9780679600473
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 1.31.
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Published by Random House Publishing Group, 2011
ISBN 10: 0679644334ISBN 13: 9780679644330
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Published by Vintage, 1992
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: new. Compassionate, bracingly indignant, and keenly detailed, a monumental work that provides an essential framework for assessing the vitality of all cities."The most refreshing, provacative, stimulating and exciting study of this [great problem] which I have seen. It fairly crackles with bright honesty and common sense." -The New York TimesA direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has characterized much of urban planning in this century, The Death and Life of Great American Cities has, since its first publication in 1961, become the standard against which all endeavors in that field are measured.In prose of outstanding immediacy, Jane Jacobs writes about what makes streets safe or unsafe; about what constitutes a neighborhood, and what function it serves within the larger organism of the city; about why some neighborhoods remain impoverished while others regenerate themselves. She writes about the salutary role of funeral parlors and tenement windows, the dangers of too much development money and too little diversity.
Published by Pimlico, 2000
ISBN 10: 0712665838ISBN 13: 9780712665834
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Random House
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8.
Published by Random House
Seller: ThriftBooks-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8.
Published by Random House, 1961
Seller: Once Upon A Time Books, Siloam Springs, AR, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.
Published by Random House, 2002
ISBN 10: 0375508732ISBN 13: 9780375508738
Seller: Books for Life, LAUREL, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: good. Book is in good condition. Minimal signs of wear. It May have markings or highlights, but kept to only a few pages. May not come with supplemental materials if applicable.
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Published by Random House. + Pelican, 1969
Seller: TotalitarianMedia, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2 books : The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Jacobs, Jane, Pelican, 1974, 474p, pb, covers bumped/scuffed/creased, text clean, solid binding 5.00 + The Economy of Cities. Jane Jacobs. Published by Random House. 1969. 266p. hardcover no dust jacket, boards lightly bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text clean/unmarked, NOT xlib--18.00 for both.
Published by Random House of Canada, Toronto, 2004
ISBN 10: 0679313095ISBN 13: 9780679313090
Seller: Nessa Books, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. -----# 009265 - The scan you see is the book you get. Yellow boards with black lettering on spine, headband, 241 pages, Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. Contents include: The Hazard / Families Rigged to Fail / Credentialing Versus Education / Science Abandoned / Dumbed-Down Taxes / Self-Policing Subverted / Unwinding Vicious Spirals / Dark Age Patterns / Notes & Comments / Index. Check out the scans. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".
Published by Vintage Publishing, London, 2020
ISBN 10: 1847926185ISBN 13: 9781847926180
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'Perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning. Jacobs has a powerful sense of narrative, a lively wit, a talent for surprise and the ability to touch the emotions as well as the mind' New York Times Book ReviewIn this classic text, Jane Jacobs set out to produce an attack on current city planning and rebuilding and to introduce new principles by which these should be governed. The result is one of the most stimulating books on cities ever written.Throughout the post-war period, planners temperamentally unsympathetic to cities have been let loose on our urban environment. Inspired by the ideals of the Garden City or Le Corbusier's Radiant City, they have dreamt up ambitious projects based on self-contained neighbourhoods, super-blocks, rigid 'scientific' plans and endless acres of grass. Yet they seldom stop to look at what actually works on the ground.The real vitality of cities, argues Jacobs, lies in their diversity, architectural variety, teeming street life and human scale. It is only when we appreciate such fundamental realities that we can hope to create cities that are safe, interesting and economically viable, as well as places that people want to live in.'Perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning. Jacobs has a powerful sense of narrative, a lively wit, a talent for surprise and the ability to touch the emotions as well as the mind' New York Times Book Review In this classic text, Jane Jacobs set out to produce an attack on current city planning and rebuilding and to introduce new principles by which these should be governed. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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mass market paperback. Condition: acceptable; used. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES 12mo; 460 pages; acceptable mass market paperback; heavier dam stain bottom edge cover and pages; tanning cover and pages; slight chip top edge cover near spine head; stain spine head areal tips bumped; spine starting to slant; foxing top edge; clean pages; prompt shipping wtih tracking.
Published by Random House Inc, 2011
Seller: Goldstone Books, Llandybie, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. All orders are dispatched the following working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we have over 500,000 books in stock. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
Published by Vintage Books/A Division of Random House, Inc., New York, 1961
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 458 pp. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Lightly slanted spine.
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: very good. Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Published by Random House, NY, 1969
Seller: Blacks Bookshop: Member of CABS 2017, IOBA, SIBA, ABA, Argillite, KY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover_cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VeryGood. BCE/BOMC. 5.5"x8.5" 266 indexed pages. Denim cover w/outline of city embossed on front mirrored on spine w/yellow gold letters. DJ designed by Hermann Strohbach. Author photo by Herb Snitzer. Archival tape applied to back of DJ. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & PON stamped. Secure ship w/track #. The thesis of this book is that cities are the primary drivers of economic development. Her main argument is that explosive economic growth derives from urban import replacement. Import replacement occurs when a city begins to locally produce goods that it formerly imported, e.g., Tokyo bicycle factories replacing Tokyo bicycle importers in the 1800s. Jacobs claims that import replacement builds up local infrastructure, skills, and production. Jacobs also claims that the increased production is subsequently exported to other cities, giving those other cities a new opportunity to engage in import replacement, thus producing a positive cycle of growth. In the foremost chapter of the book, Jacobs argues that cities preceded agriculture. She argues that in cities trade in wild animals and grains allowed for the initial division of labor necessary for the discovery of husbandry and agriculture; these discoveries then moved out of the city due to land competition.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good +. 50th Anniversary edtion of author's classic about urban planning. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Jacket has a couple creases. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 598 pp.
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Lian Jing, 2019
ISBN 10: 9570854049ISBN 13: 9789570854046
Seller: Big River Books, Powder Springs, GA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. The cover may have some normal wear. The text has no notes or markings.
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Ramdom House, N. Y., 1961
Seller: Bill's Books, Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Second Printing. Hardback book in very good shape, no dust jacket, binding straight, pages clean and unmarked. Second Printing of this classic work.
Published by The Modern Library, New York, 1993
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Modern Library edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. The Death and Life of Great American Cities was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning. . . . [It] can also be seen in a much larger context. It is first of all a work of literature; the descriptions of street life as a kind of ballet and the bitingly satiric account of traditional planning theory can still be read for pleasure even by those who long ago absorbed and appropriated the book's arguments." Robert Caro has cited Jacobs' book as the strongest influence on The Power Broker, his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Robert Moses.
Published by Vintage Books, New York
Seller: NWJbooks, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Signed and inscribed T. W. Schultz on the first free end page, above his bookplate. .- Theodore W. Schultz (Winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1979). 12mo, 458pp. plus ads. Pages age tanned. Inscribed by Nobel Prize winn.
Published by Modern Library, 1993
ISBN 10: 0679600477ISBN 13: 9780679600473
Seller: Southampton Books, Southampton, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Thus. First Thus, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($17.50 price intact). Published by The Modern Library, 1993. Octavo. Gray boards stamped in gold. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with very light shelf wear. 598 pages. ISBN: 0679600477. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
Published by Vintage Books, New York, 1992
ISBN 10: 067974195XISBN 13: 9780679741954
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
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Softcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Near Fine in wraps.
Published by The Modern Library
Seller: GridFreed, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition with light wear to cover.