Jane Jacobs : the last interview and other conversations.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006, interviewee.

Series:

Last interview series

The last interview series.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006--Interviews.

Jacobs, Jane.

Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006.

Women political activists--Interviews.

Women political activists.

Intellectuals--Interviews.

Intellectuals.

Cities and towns.

United States.

Urban renewal--United States.

Urban renewal.

City planning--United States.

City planning.

Cities and towns--United States.

Québec (Province)--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Québec (Province).

Autonomy and independence movements.

Québec.

Genre:

Interviews.

History.

Physical Description:

128 pages ; 21 cm.

Other Title:

Last interview and other conversations

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn : Melville House, [2016]

Summary:

This collection of conversations with Jane Jacobs brilliantly illuminates the career of one of America's most influential urban theorists and beloved public intellectuals. Ranging a span of decades, it offers a revealing look at Jacobs' writings on urban life, economics, and politics, as well as her long history of activism.

Contents:

Disturber of the peace: Jane Jacobs : interview by / Eve Auchincloss and Nancy Lynch Mademoiselle, October 1962

How Westway will destroy New York : interview by / Roberta Brandes Gratz expanded from New York, February 6, 1978

Godmother of the American city : interview by / James Howard Kunstler expanded from Metropolis, March 2001

The last interview : interview by / Robin Philpot from The Question of separatism (Baraka Books, 2011), May 2, 2005.

ISBN:

9781612195346

1612195342

OCLC:

921863777