Bibliograph

Eyes on the street, the life of Jane Jacobs, Robert Kanigel

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Eyes on the street, the life of Jane Jacobs, Robert Kanigel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Eyes on the street

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

958932913

Responsibility statement

Robert Kanigel

Sub title

the life of Jane Jacobs

Summary

"Chronicles the life of a noted activist who wrote seven groundbreaking books, including her most famous, The Death and Life of Great American Cities; saved neighborhoods; stopped expressways; was arrested twice; and engaged at home and on the streets in thousands of debates -- all of which she won,"--NoveList

Table Of Contents

An uncredentialed woman, 1916-1954 -- A generous place to live -- Outlaw -- Ladies' nest of owls, and other milestones in the education of Miss Jane Butzner -- The great bewildering world -- Morningside Heights -- Women's work -- Amerika -- Trushchoby -- In the big world, 1954-1968 -- Disenchantment --Ten minutes at Harvard -- A person worth talking to -- A manuscript to show us -- Mother Jacobs of Hudson Street -- The physical fallacy -- West Village warrior -- Luncheon at the White House -- Gas masks at the Pentagon -- On Albany Avenue, 1968-2006 -- A circle of their own -- Settling in -- Our Jane -- Flummoxed -- Adam, Karl, and Jane -- Webs of trust -- Ideas that matter -- Civilization's child

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