Cities and the wealth of nations : principles of economic life / Jane Jacobs.

Main entry:

Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006, author.

Title & Author:

Cities and the wealth of nations : principles of economic life / Jane Jacobs.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : Random House, [1984]
©1984

Description:

ix, 257 pages ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fool's paradise -- Back to reality -- Cities' own regions -- Supply regions -- Regions workers abandon -- Technology and clearances -- Transplant regions -- Capital for regions without cities -- Bypassed places -- Why backward cities need one another -- Faulty feedback to cities -- Transactions of decline -- The predicament -- Drift.
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, 1984

Summary:

Analyzes the economic functions, powers and limitations of cities and the uneasy relationship of cities with the national governments that preside over them.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0394480473
9780394480473

Subject:

Urban economics.
Economic history.
Wealth.
Économie urbaine.
Histoire économique.
Richesse.
wealth.
Stadtökonomie
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Wirtschaftspolitik
Stedelijke economie.
Welvaart.
Economische geschiedenis.

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Location: Library main 78749
Call No.: PO12944; ID:86-B14651
Status: Available

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