Ideas broadcasts the highlights.
For more than three decades, Jane Jacobs' ideas have shaped intellectual and urban landscapes across North America and around the globe. Her 1961 book The Death and Life of Great American Cities overturned some of the central doctrines of city planning. From the 1850s Canadians saw the Japanese and Chinese as sojourners rather than immigrants. But the East Asian community has grown and become a sophisticated, diverse facet of the Canadian mosaic. Its history, present and future, is examined.