Dark Age Ahead

Name: Dark Age Ahead
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ISBN: 9781400076703

ISBN-10: 1400076706

ISBN-13: 9781400076703

Edition: 2005

Authors: Jane Jacobs

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In this indispensable book, urban visionary Jane Jacobs--renowned author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities and The Economy of Cities--convincingly argues that as agrarianism gives way to a technology-based future, we stand on the brink of a new dark age, a period of cultural collapse. Jacobs pinpoints five pillars of our culture that are in serious decay: community and family; higher education; the effective practice of science; taxation, and government; and the self-regulation of the learned professions. The corrosion of these pillars, Jacobs argues, is linked to societal ills such as environmental crisis, racism, and the growing gulf between rich and poor. But this is a…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/17/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Jane Jacobs lives in Toronto.




The hazard



Families rigged to fail



Credentialing versus educating



Science abandoned



Dumbed-down taxes



Self-policing subverted



Unwinding vicious spirals



Dark age patterns


Notes and comments


Acknowledgments


Index