Main entry:

Laurence, Peter L., author.

Title & Author:

Becoming Jane Jacobs / Peter L. Laurence.

Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
©2016

Description:

365 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Series:

The arts and intellectual life in modern America

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-347) and index.
Introduction: the unknown Jane Jacobs -- To the city -- The education of a city naturalist -- We inaugurate architectural criticsim -- Advocating the city-planner approach -- Seeds of self-regeneration for city deserts -- Urban sprawl, urban design, and urban renewal -- A new system of thought -- Conclusion: a vita activa and contemplativa.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Jane Jacobs is universally recognized as one of the key figures in American urbanism. The author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, she uncovered the complex and intertwined physical and social fabric of the city and excoriated the urban renewal policies of the 1950s. As the legend goes, Jacobs, a housewife, single-handedly stood up to Robert Moses, New York City's powerful master builder, and other city planners who sought first to level her Greenwich Village neighborhood and then to drive a highway through it. Jacobs's most effective weapons in these David-versus-Goliath battles, and in writing her book, were her powers of observation and common sense"--Jacket.

ISBN:

9780812247886
0812247884
9780812224429 (paperback)
0812224426 (paperback)
(ebook)
9780812292466

Subject:

Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006.
Jacobs, Jane 1916-2006
City planners United States Biography.
City planners Canada Biography.
Women city planners United States Biography.
Women city planners Canada Biography.
City planning United States History 20th century.
City planning Canada History 20th century.
Urban renewal United States History 20th century.
Urban renewal Canada History 20th century.
Sociology, Urban Philosophy.
Urbanistes États-Unis Biographies.
Urbanistes Canada Biographies.
Femmes urbanistes États-Unis Biographies.
Femmes urbanistes Canada Biographies.
Urbanisme États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Urbanisme Canada Histoire 20e siècle.
Rénovation urbaine États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Rénovation urbaine Canada Histoire 20e siècle.
Sociologie urbaine Philosophie.
City planners
City planning
Urban renewal
Women city planners
Canada
United States

Form/genre:

Biographies.
History

Added entries:

Arts and intellectual life in modern America.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292848
Call No.: BIB 237374
Status: Available