Merchant of illusion
Subtitle: James Rouse, American's salesman of the businessman's utopia
By: Nicholas Dagen Bloom.
Series: Urban life and urban landscape series
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Columbus
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Rouse, James W; Urban renewal -- United States -- History -- 20th century; City planning -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Real estate developers -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Diverging paths to urban social welfare; title: Reinventing the capitalist city; title: A businessman's search for slumless cities; title: Public life as consumerism : businessmen monopolize Main Street; title: The for-profit new town mirage; title: American Midas : James Rouse and festival marketplaces.