Planning theory and women's role in the city

Author

Meller, Helen

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Urban history yearbook. 1990, Vol. 17, 85-98, 2 ill.

ISSN

0306-0845

Abstract (en)

Although town planning propagandists such as Patrick Geddes and Lewis Mumford drew attention to the interconnections between social processes and spatial form, town planning ideology and reconstruction after two world wars both replicated and reinforced the concept of separate spheres for men and women.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture -- Urbanism -- United Kingdom
• Urbanism
• Great Britain
• 1800-2000
• Women
• Geddes, Patrick, 1854-1932
• Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990
• Society
• Ideology

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture -- Urbanisme -- Royaume-Uni
• Urbanisme
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1800-2000
• Femmes
• Geddes, Patrick, 1854-1932
• Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990
• Société
• Idéologie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920401-00421310

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