Search Results: people and plans essays on urban by gans herbert j

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Basic Books. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (social policy city planning United States social conditions)

Basic Books, 1968. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Basic Books 1968 New York VG-/G+ 2nd printing hb 395pp Index. Soiling edges, wear boards, corners bumped, DJ: soiling, wear extremities, hole bottom spine, spots back. Reading Copy.. Hardcover.

Columbia University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Columbia University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Washington, DC: Basic Books, 1968. 1st ed. Hardcover. Used: Very Good. DJ chipped, very good, 395pp.

Basic Books, New York, January 1968. Paper Back. Good. Pen markings on front endpaper. Significant edgewear. Pages clean. Binding tight.

UsedGood. 1968 hardcover edition. Noticeable lower/upper bind & dust jacket wear/tear(s). Sun faded/tanned edges. Mini bookplate included. Text is mostly clean & readable.

Paperback. Very Good.

New York: Basic Books, Inc. , 1968. Sixth Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo, 6 x 9, xviii + 396 pages. Binding is tight; cover exhibits edge wear; surfaces of book block are moderately soiled. Interior is bright and mostly clean (we found a marginal notation on just one page - in ink).

Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1972. First UK Edition . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Handling wear with creases, scuffing and dust spotting on cover and spine. Front free end paper is nearly detached.

Columbia University Press. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Columbia University Press, 1994-06-16. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Columbia University Press. paperback. New. 142x95x15. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

New. The primary theme of this collection of essays is that the cities' basic problems are poverty and racism, and until these concerns are addressed by bringing about racial equality, creating jobs, and instituting other reforms, the generally low quality of urban life will persist. Gans argues that the individual must work to alter society. He believes that not only must parents have jobs to improve their children's school performance, but that the country needs a modernized "New Deal," a more labor-intensive economy, and a thirty-two hour work week to achieve full employment. Other controversial ideas presented in this book include Gans's opposition to the whole notion of an underclass, which he feels is the latest way for the nonpoor to unjustly label the poor as undeserving. He also believes that poverty continues to plague society because it is often useful to the nonpoor. He is critical of architecture that aims above all to be aesthetic or to make philosophical… Read More

Columbia Univ Pr, 1991. Hardcover. New. 383 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches.