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Cities and the Wealth of Nations

Principles of Economic Life

By: Jane Jacobs

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Paperback | 1 December 1988 | Edition Number 1

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"Learned, iconoclastic and exciting...Jacobs' diagnosis of the decay of cities in an increasingly integrated world economy is on the mark."--"New York Times Book Review"
"Jacobs' book is inspired, idiosyncratic and personal...It is written with verve and humor; for a work of embattled theory, it is wonderfully concrete, and its leaps are breathtaking."--"Los Angeles Times"
"Not only comprehensible but entertaining...Like Mrs. Jacobs' other books, it offers a concrete approach to an abstract and elusive subject. That, all by itself, makes for an intoxicating experience."--"New York Times"

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Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Review Award for Non-Fiction "Learned, iconoclastic and exciting . . . Jacobs' diagnosis of the decay of cities in an increasingly integrated world economy is on the mark."--The New York Times Book Review

"Jacobs' book is inspired, idiosyncratic and personal . . . It is written with verve and humor; for a work of embattled theory, it is wonderfully concrete, and its leaps are breathtaking."--Los Angeles Times

"Not only comprehensible but entertaining. . . . Like Mrs. Jacobs' other books, it offers a concrete approach to an abstract and elusive subject. That, all by itself, makes for an intoxicating experience."--The New York Times

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Fool's Paradise	p. 3
Back to Reality	p. 29
Cities' Own Regions	p. 45
Supply Regions	p. 59
Regions Workers Abandon	p. 72
Technology and Clearances	p. 79
Transplant Regions	p. 93
Capital for Regions Without Cities	p. 105
Bypassed Places	p. 124
Why Backward Cities Need One Another	p. 135
Faulty Feedback to Cities	p. 156
Transactions of Decline	p. 182
The Predicament	p. 204
Drift	p. 221
Acknowledgments	p. 233
Notes	p. 234
Index	p. 245
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Cities and the Wealth of Nations

Principles of Economic Life

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