56 pages • 1 hour read
Jane JacobsThe Death and Life of Great American Cities
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1961A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
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What do towns, suburbs, and imaginary dream cities have in common? How do they differ from great cities?
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Discuss how activism informs Jacobs’s approach to urbanism.
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What is “the sidewalk ballet?” Discuss Jacobs’s use of the phrase to structure her account of a typical day on New York City’s Hudson Street.
