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Publisher's description: Visionary thinker Jane Jacobs uses her authoritative work on urban life and economies to show us how we can protect and strengthen our culture and communities. In Dark Age Ahead, Jane Jacobs identifies five pillars of our culture that we depend on but which are in serio...

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Main Author: Jacobs, Jane, 1916-2006 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2004]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Regression (Civilization)
Civilization > Philosophy.
Civilization, Modern.
North America > Civilization.
Décadence.
Civilisation > Philosophie.
Civilisation moderne et contemporaine.
Amérique du Nord > Civilisation.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Civilization, Modern
Civilization
Civilization > Philosophy
North America
Niedergang
Stadtökonomie
Kulturkritik
Stadtleben
USA
Civilização (filosofia)
Regressão (civilização)
Déclin de la civilisation.
Civilisation.
Philosophie.
Civilisation moderne.
Amérique du Nord.
Sociology
Culture
Civilisation
Philosophy
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The hazard
  • 2. Families rigged to fail
  • 3. Credentialing versus educating
  • 4. Science abandoned
  • 5. Dumbed-down taxes
  • 6. Self-policing subverted
  • 7. Unwinding vicious spirals
  • 8. Dark age patterns.