BECOMING JANE JACOBS

Peter Laurence, PhD, is an associate professor of architecture and urban design at Clemson University School of Architecture. He has been a student of Jane Jacobs's work for many years, with studies in business and entrepreneurship, architecture, and urban history drawing him to her books on cities, economies, and civilizations. Prior to Becoming Jane Jacobs, his research on Jacobs and architectural and urban history was published in Journal of Urban Design, Journal of Architectural Education, and Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, in addition to a number of edited volumes including Reconsidering Jane Jacobs, already changing Jacobs scholarship. Becoming Jane Jacobs was followed by a number of essays that together make part of a sequel. Although not all biographical subjects can sustain such a depth of study, Jane Jacobs’s enduring ideas about cities and societies reward continued attention.