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  • Published: 15 May 2016
  • ISBN: 9781612195346
  • Imprint: Melville House
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $32.99

Jane Jacobs The Last Interview and Other Conversations



Published on the centenary of Jane Jacobs's birth, an indispensible collection of conversations with America's greatest most influential urban critic

Hailed by the New York Times Book Review as "perhaps the single most influential work in the history of town planning," Jane Jacobs's The Death and Life of Great American Cities was instantly recognized as a masterpiece upon its publication in 1961. In the decades that followed, Jacobs remained a brilliant and revered commentator on architecture, urban life, and economics until her death in 2006. These interviews capture Jacobs at her very best and are an essential reminder of why Jacobs was--and remains--unrivaled in her analyses and her ability to cut through cant and received wisdom.

  • Published: 15 May 2016
  • ISBN: 9781612195346
  • Imprint: Melville House
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $32.99

About the author

Jane Jacobs

Jane Jacobs was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1916, but lived much of her life in Toronto, Canada. She was the author of The Economy of Cities, The Question of Separatism: Quebec and the Struggle over Sovereignty, Cities and the Wealth of Nations, and Systems of Survival. She died in 2006.

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