Genius of Common Sense: Jane Jacobs and the Story of the Death and Life of Great American Cities - Softcover

Lang, Glenna

 
9781770499997: Genius of Common Sense: Jane Jacobs and the Story of the Death and Life of Great American Cities
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1770499997 ISBN 13: 9781770499997
Verlag: Tundra Books, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Three books, all written by women in the early 1960s, changed the way we looked at the world and ourselves: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, and Jane Jacobs's The Death and Life of Great American Cities. All three books created revolutions in their respective spheres of influence, and nothing affected city planning and architecture -- or the way we think about how life is lived in densely packed urban centers -- more than Jane Jacobs's far-sighted polemic.

Here is the first book for young people about this heroine of common sense, a woman who never attended college but whose observations, determination, and independent spirit led her to far different conclusions than those of the academics who surrounded her. Illustrated with almost a hundred images, including a great number of photos never before published, this story of a remarkable woman will introduce her ideas and her life to young readers, many of whom have grown up in neighborhoods that were saved by her insights. It will inspire young people -- and readers of all ages -- and demonstrate that we learn vital life lessons from observing and thinking, and not just accepting what passes as "conventional wisdom."

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

GLENNA LANG's previous work includes illustrations for four classic poems for children with Godine. She wrote and illustrated the award-winning Looking Out for Sarah. Although she grew up in New York City, she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and teaches at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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Verlag
Tundra Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1770499997
ISBN 13 
9781770499997
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
128
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