| Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs Contributor(s): Kanigel, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345803337 ISBN-13: 9780345803337 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (1.05 lbs) 512 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first major biography of the irrepressible woman who changed the way we view and live in cities, and whose influence is felt to this day. Jane Jacobs was a phenomenal woman who wrote seven groundbreaking books, saved neighborhoods, stopped expressways, was arrested twice, and engaged in thousands of impassioned debates--all of which she won. Robert Kanigel's revelatory portrait of Jacobs, based on new sources and interviews, brings to life the child who challenged her third-grade teacher; the high school poet; the mother who raised three children; the journalist who honed her skills at Architectural Forum and Fortune before writing her most famous book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities; and the activist who helped lead a successful protest against Robert Moses's proposed expressway through her beloved Greenwich Village. |