Jane's Convictions

Writing in the Journal of Libertarian Studies, Pierre Desrochers reviews Alice Alexiou's recent biography of the urban theorist Jane Jacobs [pdf]. Not just an assessment of Alexiou's efforts, the essay is a sympathetic if sometimes critical assessment of Jacobs' thought.

Elsewhere in Reason: An appreciation of Jacobs. An interview with Jacobs. An obit for Jacobs.