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Contents
Fools Paradise | 3 |
Back to Reality | 29 |
Cities Own Regions | 45 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Cities and the wealth of nations: principles of economic life, Volume 1985, Part 2 Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life, Jane Jacobs |
| Author | Jane Jacobs |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Viking, 1985 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | Mar 15, 2010 |
| Length | 257 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Urban & Regional Economic history Economics Social Science / Sociology / Urban Urban economics Wealth |
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