The Death And Life of Great American Cities.

Jacobs, Jane

Published by Random House, New York, 1961

About this Item

First edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket light a few small closed tears. A very sharp example. The Death and Life of Great American Cities was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning. . . . [It] can also be seen in a much larger context. It is first of all a work of literature; the descriptions of street life as a kind of ballet and the bitingly satiric account of traditional planning theory can still be read for pleasure even by those who long ago absorbed and appropriated the book s arguments." Robert Caro has cited Jacobs' book as the strongest influence on The Power Broker, his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Robert Moses. Seller Inventory # 146108

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Death And Life of Great American Cities.

Publisher: Random House, New York

Publication Date: 1961

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition