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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jane Jacobs , Robin PhilpotPublisher: Baraka Books Imprint: Baraka Books Edition: Second Edition Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.245kg ISBN: 9781926824062ISBN 10: 1926824067 Pages: 180 Publication Date: 30 April 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews<p> The most influential urban thinker of all time. 2009 Plantizen Survey.<p> One of the true originals living among us. Robert Fulford, Toronto.<p> There's no writer more lucid than Jane Jacobs, nobody better at using wide-open eyes and clean courtly prose to decipher the changing world around us. San Francisco Chronicle.<p> the matchless analyst of all things urban [whose seemingly] wildly eccentric ideas on cities have been vindicated so many times, and in so many ways. The New Yorker.<p> This is a reprint of influential American-born Canadian urban planning activist Jane Jacobs' (1916-2006) book on Quebec independence originally published in 1980 by Random House. Long out of print, the work is based on presentations Jacobs gave in 1979 at the Massey Lectures entitled Canadian Cities and Sovereignty-Association, and considers the benefits of secession from Canada particularly from the standpoint of the economic development of two of Canada's leading cities, Montreal and Toronto. It incorporates the example of Norway's peaceable split from Sweden to argue that Quebec sovereignty is in the best interest of both the province and Canada. This edition includes a new preface discussing the continuing relevance of Jacob's ideas as well as a previously unpublished interview on this subject and more from 2005. (Annotation (c)2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR) Jacobs's thought and writing comprise a resounding symphony of lessons and ideas; they compose a life's work about economic, social, and environmental justice. -- Nation Jacobs s thought and writing comprise a resounding symphony of lessons and ideas; they compose a life s work about economic, social, and environmental justice. Nation Jacobs's thought and writing comprise a resounding symphony of lessons and ideas; they compose a life's work about economic, social, and environmental justice. -Nation Author InformationJane Jacobs was an urban writer and activist most famously known for her community-center approach to urban planning. Some of her well-known writings include The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Cities and the Wealth of Nations, and The Nature of Economies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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