Jacobs, Jane
by Dark Age Ahead
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 1400062322
- ISBN 13
- 9781400062324
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About This Item
New York. 2004. May 2004. Random House. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 1400062322. 243 pages. hardcover. Jacket design: Allison Saltzman. keywords: Hisstory America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In this indispensable book, urban visionary Jane Jacobs argues that as agrarianism gives way to a technology-based future, were at risk of cultural collapse. Jacobsrenowned author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities and The Economy of Citiespinpoints five pillars of our culture that are in serious decay: community and family; higher education; the effective practice of science; taxation, and government; and the self-regulation of the learned professions. The corrosion of these pillars, Jacobs argues, is linked to societal ills such as environmental crisis, racism, and the growing gulf between rich and poor. But this is a hopeful book as well as a warning. Drawing on a vast frame of referencefrom fifteenth-century Chinese shipbuilding to Irelands cultural rebirthJacobs suggests how the cycles of decay can be arrested and our way of life renewed. Invigorating and accessible, Dark Age Ahead is not only the crowning achievement of Jane Jacobs career, but one of the most important works of our time. inventory #47678 ISBN: 1400062322.
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- Zeno's (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47678
- Title
- Jacobs, Jane
- Author
- Dark Age Ahead
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1400062322
- ISBN 13
- 9781400062324
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2004-05
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