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

In 1961, Jane Jacobs' book The Death and Life of Great American Cities, revolutionized the fields of city planning and city architecture. Jacobs perceived that the new structures being built to replace the aging housing of older cities were often far worse. This book reveals how Jacobs changed the way the world thought forever.

• Author
• Glenna Lang, Marjory Wunsch

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 127

• Publisher
• David R. Godine Publisher

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781567923841

• Genres
• history, cities, biography, architecture, childrens

• Release date
• 2009