{"product_id":"selling-the-city-9780804748759","title":"Selling the City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] engrossing study of the historic role women have played in shaping California cities...\"\u003ci\u003eCalifornia History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" -- \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" -- \u003ci\u003eH-Net Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...\u003ci\u003eSelling the City \u003c\/i\u003e offers important insights into women's involvement in urban growth and development in the long Progressive era.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Public Historian\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405556425047,"sku":"9780804748759","price":55.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804748759.jpg?v=1730492821","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/selling-the-city-9780804748759","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}