Jane Jacobs: Champion of Cities, Champion of People Pitts Rebecca
Jane Jacobs: Champion of Cities, Champion of People Pitts Rebecca The first biography of Jane Jacobs for young people, the visionary activist, urbanist, and thinker who transformed the way we inhabit…
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Jane Jacobs: Champion of Cities, Champion of People Pitts Rebecca
The first biography of Jane Jacobs for young people, the visionary activist, urbanist, and thinker who transformed the way we inhabit and develop our cities.Jane Jacobs was born more than a hundred years ago, yet the ideas she popularized--about cities, about people, about making a better world--remain hugely relevant today. Jacobs went against the conventional wisdom of the time that said cities should be designed by so-called Now, in Jane Jacobs: Champion of Cities, Champion of People, we have the first biography for young people of the visionary activist, urbanist, and thinker.Debut author Rebecca Pitts draws on archives and Jacobs's own writings to paint a vivid picture of a headstrong and principled young girl who grew into one of the most important advocates of her time, and whose impact on the city of New York in particular can still be seen today.