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Between 1880 and 1940, California cities were in the vanguard in creating comprehensive city plans and zoning ordinances that came to characterize modern American city growth. This book reveals the means by which property-owning middle-class women achieved entry into the male-dominated sphere of urban planning.

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"[An] engrossing study of the historic role women have played in shaping California cities..."California History
"Thoroughly researched, this book will be of considerable interest to a broad range of scholars....All in all, this book is valuable both for its substantial accomplishments and for the questions it raises." -- American Historical Review
"Lee Simpson...does the field of California urban history a great service by investigating the role of women in turn-of-the-century civic boosterism and city planning." -- H-Net Reviews
"...Selling the City offers important insights into women's involvement in urban growth and development in the long Progressive era." -- The Public Historian

Selling the City

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    A Hardback by Lee M. A. Simpson

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      Publisher Stanford University Press
      Published 28 July 2004
      ISBN-13 9780804748759
      978-0804748759
      ISBN-10 0804748756
      Also in:
      Gender studies, gender groups

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Between 1880 and 1940, California cities were in the vanguard in creating comprehensive city plans and zoning ordinances that came to characterize modern American city growth. This book reveals the means by which property-owning middle-class women achieved entry into the male-dominated sphere of urban planning.

      Trade Review
      "[An] engrossing study of the historic role women have played in shaping California cities..."California History
      "Thoroughly researched, this book will be of considerable interest to a broad range of scholars....All in all, this book is valuable both for its substantial accomplishments and for the questions it raises." -- American Historical Review
      "Lee Simpson...does the field of California urban history a great service by investigating the role of women in turn-of-the-century civic boosterism and city planning." -- H-Net Reviews
      "...Selling the City offers important insights into women's involvement in urban growth and development in the long Progressive era." -- The Public Historian

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