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OverviewAmericans still build millions of dream houses in neighborhoods that sustain Victorian stereotypes of the home as 'woman's place' and the city as 'man's world.' Urban historian and architect Dolores Hayden tallies the personal and social costs of an American 'architecture of gender' for the two-earner family, the single-parent family, and single people. Many societies have struggled with the architectural and urban consequences of women's paid employment: Hayden traces three models of home in historical perspective—the haven strategy in the United States, the industrial strategy in the former USSR, and the neighborhood strategy in European social democracies—to document alternative ways to reconstruct neighborhoods. Updated and still utterly relevant today as the New Urbanist architects have taken up Hayden's critique of suburban space, this award-winning book is essential reading for architects, planners, public officials, and activists interested in women's social and economic equality. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dolores Hayden (Yale University)Publisher: WW Norton & Co Imprint: WW Norton & Co Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.486kg ISBN: 9780393730944ISBN 10: 0393730948 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 28 August 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsEssential reading for architects, planners, and public officials...just as relevant today as it was nearly 20 years ago.--Ellen Louer Essential reading for architects, planners, and public officials...just as relevant today as it was nearly 20 years ago. --Ellen Louer This provocative book is both grounded and visionary, with highly approachable economic analyses that add depth to their vision. A must-read. -- Ellen Louer - ArchNewsNow.com Author InformationDolores Hayden, professor of architecture and American studies at Yale, writes about the politics of design. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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