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Jane Jacobs''s First City: Learning from Scranton, Pennsylvania

English

By (author): Glenna Lang

A thorough investigation of how Jane Jacobss ideas about the life and economy of great cities grew from her home city, Scranton
Jane Jacobss First City vividly reveals how this influential thinker and writers classic works germinated in the once vibrant, mid-size city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, where Jane spent her initial eighteen years. In the 1920s and 1930s, Scranton was a place of enormous diversity and opportunity. Small businesses of all kinds abounded and flourished, quality public education was available to and supported by all, and even recent immigrants could save enough to buy a house. Opposing political parties joined forces to tackle problems, and citizens worked together for the public good.
Through interviews with contemporary Scrantonians and research of historic newspapers, city directories, and vital records, author Glenna Lang has uncovered Scranton as young Jane experienced it and shows us the lasting impact of her growing up in this thriving and accessible environment. Readers can follow the development of Janes acute observational abilities from childhood through her passion in early adulthood to understand and write about what she saw. Reflecting Janes belief in trusting ones own direct observation above all, this volume has been richly illustrated with historic and modern color images that help bring alive a lost Scranton. The book demonstrates why, at the end of Jacobss life, her thoughts and conversations increasingly returned to Scranton and the potential for cohesion and inclusiveness in all cities.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 998g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 04 May 2021
  • Publisher: New Village Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781613321393

About Glenna Lang

Author Glenna Langs previous work about Jane JacobsGenius of Common Sense: The Story of Jane Jacobs and The Death and Life of Great American Citiesaimed to inspire young adults but appealed to all ages in the general public and at universities. It was chosen as a 2009 Notable Book by both the New York Times and Smithsonian Magazine. As an illustrator she produced four classic poems as picture books for children with David R. Godine Publisher. Lang wrote and illustrated Looking Out for Sarah about a day in the life of a seeing-eye dog which won the American Library Associations Schneider Family Award. Although she grew up mainly in New York City she has lived for many years in Cambridge Massachusetts and teaches at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts now part of Tufts University. She has loved spending time in Scranton with her husband Alexander von Hoffman and their dog Easy.

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