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9781926824062 | Updated edition (Paul & Co Pub Consortium, April 1, 2011), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: In this, her third and least-known book, first published in 1980, Jane Jacobs examines not only the particular question of Quebec and Canada, but also the larger issue of sovereignty and autonomy in general.
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9781930068391 | Small Pr Distribution, April 1, 2008, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Intersection is a collection of essays concerning sidewalks and public spaces in contemporary society.
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Product Description: In this indispensable book, urban visionary Jane Jacobs--renowned author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities and The Economy of Cities--convincingly argues that as agrarianism gives way to a technology-based future, we stand on the brink of a new dark age, a period of cultural collapse...read more
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9781400062324 | Random House Inc, May 1, 2004, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Takes a close-up look at the patterns of dark ages throughout human history and applies these patterns to five key institutions of contemporary North American civilization to reveal why weaknesses in these institutions warn of a coming dark age.
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9781400076703 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, May 10, 2005), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Takes a close-up look at the patterns of dark ages throughout human history and applies these patterns to five key institutions of contemporary North American civilization to reveal why weaknesses in these institutions warn of a coming dark age.
9780679313106 | Vintage, June 30, 2004, cover price $21.00 | About this edition: Visionary thinker Jane Jacobs uses her authoritative work on urban life and economies to show us how we can protect and strengthen our culture and communities.
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9780307425454 | Vintage Books, December 18, 2007, cover price $15.00
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9781435292819 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 29, 2008), cover price $22.00 | About this edition: In this indispensable book, urban visionary Jane Jacobs--renowned author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities and The Economy of Cities--convincingly argues that as agrarianism gives way to a technology-based future, we stand on the brink of a new dark age, a period of cultural collapse.
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9780393732290 | W W Norton & Co Inc, April 1, 2007, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Revered as the father of historic preservation in the United States, architect James Marston Fitch was hailed by the New York Times at the time of his death in 2000 as "an architect whose writings and teachings helped transform historic preservation from a dilettante's pastime into a vigorous, broadly based cultural movement.
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9781598952001 | Unabridged edition (Findaway World Llc, June 1, 2006), cover price $44.99
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9780375508738 | Reissue edition (Random House Inc, September 1, 2002), cover price $24.00 | About this edition: A close-up look at American urban history and design offers penetrating analyses of the functions and organization of city neighborhoods, the forces of deterioration and regeneration, and the necessary planning innovations.
9780679600473 | Reissue edition (Modern Library, February 1, 1993), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Penetrating analysis of the functions and organization of city neighborhoods, the forces of deterioration and regeneration, and the necessary planning innovations
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9780679741954 | Reissue edition (Vintage Books, November 1, 1992), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Penetrating analysis of the functions and organization of city neighborhoods, the forces of deterioration and regeneration, and the necessary planning innovations
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9780679603405 | Modern Library, March 1, 2000, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Looks at the connections between economics and nature and examines whether economic systems are shaped by the same forces at work in nature
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9780375702433 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, March 1, 2001), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: The author of Cities and the Wealth of Nations looks at the connections between economics and nature and examines whether economic systems are shaped by the same forces at work in nature.
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9780679776338 | Vintage Books, January 1, 1997, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Describes the experiences of a woman sent by the government in 1904 to live and teach in the Alaskan wilderness
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9780679441342 | 1 edition (Random House Inc, January 1, 1996), cover price $24.00 | About this edition: The memoirs of a woman sent by the government in 1904 to live and teach in wilderness Alaska describes her experiences as an educator, the hardships she faced, and the native children with whom she worked, in a vivid study of life on the Alaskan frontier.
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9780394550794 | 1 edition (Random House Inc, December 1, 1992), cover price $22.00 | About this edition: A look at the ethical structures that sustain social and economic life shows how human behavior is governed by conflicts between animal instinct and the rational human convention of commerce
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9780679748168 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, January 1, 1994), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: The author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities looks at business fraud and criminal enterprise, overextended government farm subsidies and zealous transit police, to show what happens when the moral systems of commerce collide with those of politics.
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9780195407082 | Oxford Univ Pr, June 1, 1990, cover price $9.95
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9780394480473 | Random House Inc, May 1, 1984, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The distinguished economist examines the causes and circumstances of the rise and decline of cities, past and present, and applies her findings to present-day American cities
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9780394729114 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, March 1, 1985), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: "Learned, iconoclastic and exciting.
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Product Description: This book is an attack on current methods of city planning and re-building. It is also an explanation of new principles and an argument for different methods from those now in use. It is the first real alternative to conventional city planning that we have had in this century...read more
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9780140551419 | Viking Pr, June 1, 1984, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: This book is an attack on current methods of city planning and re-building.
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A study of the historical separatist impulse advances the argument that geo-political units as we know them are contrived and fragile
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9780394509815 | Random House Inc, September 1, 1980, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: A study of the historical separatist impulse advances the argument that geo-political units as we know them are contrived and fragile
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9780394705842 | Vintage Books, February 1, 1970, cover price $15.95
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