Women and the everyday city : public space in San Francisco, 1890-1915 /

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In Women and the Everyday City, Jessica Ellen Sewell explores the lives of women in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. A period of transformation of both gender roles and American cities, she shows how changes in the city affected women's ability to negotiate shifting gender norms as well as ho...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sewell, Jessica Ellen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis [Minn.] : University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
Series:Architecture, landscape, and American culture series.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Architecture and women > California > San Francisco.
Public spaces > Social aspects > California > San Francisco > History > 19th century.
Public spaces > Social aspects > California > San Francisco > History > 20th century.
Women > California > San Francisco > Social conditions > 19th century.
Women > California > San Francisco > Social conditions > 20th century.
Architecture et femmes > Californie > San Francisco.
Espaces publics > Aspect social > Californie > San Francisco > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Espaces publics > Aspect social > Californie > San Francisco > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes > Californie > San Francisco > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Femmes > Californie > San Francisco > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
ARCHITECTURE > Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Architecture and women.
Public spaces > Social aspects.
Women > Social conditions.
California > San Francisco.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Women in public
  • Sidewalks and streetcars
  • Errands
  • Dining out
  • Spectacles and amusements
  • Spaces of suffrage
  • Epilogue. Everyday landscapes.

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