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Author:   Paul Marx
Publisher:   University Press of America
Imprint:   University Press of America
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780761839446

ISBN 10:   0761839445
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   06 November 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 Preface Part 2 Acknowledgements Part 3 Chronology Chapter 4 What's the Purpose Chapter 5 Huck on the Chesapeake Chapter 6 Jim at School Chapter 7 A Poor Relation Chapter 8 The Ace Chapter 9 The Fights Against Blight and War Chapter 10 Stepping Stones Chapter 11 The Company and the City Chapter 12 Bad Mall, Good Mall Chapter 13 The Summer of 1963 Chapter 14 The Village of Cross Keys Chapter 15 Columbia: The Dream, the Plans Chapter 16 Columbia: The Next America Chapter 17 Columbia and the Vietnam War Chapter 18 A Downward Turn Chapter 19 Festival Marketplace: Boston Chapter 20 Festival Marketplace: Baltimore Chapter 21 The Social Entrepreneur Chapter 22 Back to Baltimore Chapter 23 Last Years Chapter 24 Columbia Fully Grown Chapter 25 Legacy Part 26 Bibliography Part 27 Index Part 28 About the Author

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This book gets into the mind of Jim Rouse. It reveals how Rouse thought and what influenced him as he went about creating places that would bring out the best in people.--Robert Tennenbaum

Jim Rouse and Warren Buffett knew and had the highest respect for each other. They were aware of each other as men driven by a strong zest for life. Rouse, though, focused on “the improvement of mankind.” Buffett focused on financial returns for investors; Rouse produced houses and neighborhoods, villages and shops, woods and lakes. Except to the extent that it could limit his good works, Rouse did not care about financial returns. His worry was solvency, not increasing profitability. He had an abhorrence of selfishness. Readers of Paul Marx's engaging and insightful biography of Jim Rouse—and there should be many—will be caught up in the story of Rouse's remarkable ability to make the ideal seem compelling and realistic. -- C. Fraser Smith, columnist * Baltimore Sun * This book gets into the mind of Jim Rouse. It reveals how Rouse thought and what influenced him as he went about creating places that would bring out the best in people. -- Robert Tennenbaum, editor of Creating a New City: Columbia, Maryland

Author Information

Paul Marx is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of New Haven. He is the author of The Modern Rules of Style (American Bar Association Publishing, 2007) and Utopia in America (Burke Publishing, 2002). He is the editor of Modern and Classical Essayists (McGraw-Hill, 1996) and Twelve Short Story Writers (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970). As a freelance writer, he has had articles in, among other journals, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and The Baltimore Sun.

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