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UNINA9910821458603321 |
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Autore |
Spain Daphne |
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Titolo |
How women saved the city / / Daphne Spain |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2001 |
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0-8166-9132-0 |
0-8166-3532-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (332 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women social reformers - United States - History |
Women in public life - United States - History |
Women - United States - Societies, etc |
Social settlements - United States - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-293) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Voluntary vernacular -- Why cities needed saving -- Sacred and secular organizational ideologies -- Voluntary associations with an urban presence -- New york City headquarters, smaller city branches -- Boston, the cradle of redemptive places -- Men build Chicago's skyline, women redeem the city -- How women saved the city -- Appendix A : literature review -- Appendix B : organizational charters -- Appendix C : addresses of redemptive places for Bboston, Chicago, and New York City. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Spain uncovers the contribution of women to urban development at the turn of the twentieth century to clearly demonstrate the key role they played in shaping the American urban landscape. She reconstructs the story of womens involvement in "redempti. |
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