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Jane Jacobs (1916–2006) is history’s most celebrated urban critic. In addition to her classic, Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jacobs authored another half dozen influential books on urban planning, economics, and design. She was also a tireless advocate of vibrant city neighborhoods. Ideas That Matter: The Worlds of Jane Jacobs offers students, enthusiasts, and critics unprecedented insights into the work of this seminal thinker.

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.. .it is as though someone has emptied an entire filing cabinet and sorted the contents into thematic chapters. --Urban Design

The one main through line that stands out for me, both in my conversation with Mary Rowe and reading through the 200 page collection of Jacobs' writings is how vital and current the writing is, even though much of the work is actually half a century old or more. --Matthew McDermott Treehugger.com (11/10/2011)

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