Becoming Jane Jacobs

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Laurence, Peter L., author.

Becoming Jane Jacobs / Peter L. Laurence.

pages cm. — (The arts and intellectual life in modern America)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8122-4788-6

1. Jacobs, Jane, 1916–2006. 2. City planners—United States—Biography. 3. City planners—Canada—Biography. 4. Women city planners—United States—Biography. 5. Women city planners—Canada—Biography. 6. City planning—United States—History—20th century. 7. City planning—Canada—History—20th century. 8. Urban renewal—United States—History—20th century. 9. Urban renewal—Canada—History—20th century. 10. Sociology, Urban—Philosophy. I. Title. II. Series: Arts and intellectual life in modern America.
HT167.L353 2015
711′.4092—dc23

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