TY - BOOK AU - Jacobs,Jane TI - The death and life of great American cities SN - 9780712665834 (pbk.) : AV - HT167 .J33 2000 U1 - 307.760973 21 PY - 2000/// CY - London PB - Pimlico KW - City planning KW - United States KW - Cities and towns KW - Society KW - eflch N1 - Originally published: New York: Random House, 1961; London: Jonathan Cape, 1962; Includes index N2 - In this groundbreaking study, Jacobs offers a real alternative to conventional city planning. Herself a city dweller, she asks what makes cities work. The solutions she proposes represent a break with the accepted norm, and have made this book a classic ER -