City for Children - Women, Architecture, Charitable Landscapes of Oakland, 1850 1950

Focuses on the use and adaptive reuse of everyday buildings in Oakland, California, to make the city a better place for children. She introduces us to the women who were determined to mitigate the burdens placed on working-class families by an indifferent industrial capitalist economy. Zusammenfassung Focuses on the use and adaptive reuse of everyday buildings in Oakland, California, to make the city a better place for children. She introduces us to the women who were determined to mitigate the burdens placed on working-class families by an indifferent industrial capitalist economy.

Product details

• Authors: Marta Gutman, Gutman Marta
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.09.2014
• EAN: 9780226311289
• ISBN: 978-0-226-31128-9
• No. of pages: 448
• Series: Historical Studies of Urban America; Historical Studies of Urban Am; Historical Studies of Urban America; Historical Studies of Urban Am
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; California, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Gender studies: women, Child welfare, Gender studies: women and girls, Child welfare and youth services, Urban and municipal planning and policy, City and town planning: architectural aspects