Cities and the wealth of nations: principles of economic life

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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 1 Fool's Paradise 3 -- 2 Back to Reality 29 -- 3 Cities' Own Regions 45 -- 4 Supply Regions 59 -- 5 Regions Workers Abandon 72 -- 6 Technology and Clearances 79 -- 7 Transplant Regions 93 -- 8 Capital for Regions Without Cities 105 -- 9 Bypassed Places 124 -- 10 Why Backward Cities Need One Another 135 -- 11 Faulty Feedback to Cities 156 -- 12 Transactions of Decline 182 -- 13 The Predicament 204 -- 14 Drift 221.