Women in cities : gender and the urban environment
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Bibliographic Information
Women in cities : gender and the urban environment
(Women in society)
Macmillan Education, 1988
- : pbk
Available at 26 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 133-147
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The first book on British urban geography to concentrate specifically on gender issues, it comprises six chapters on the theme of gender and the contemporary city and presents original material on women's urban experiences as well as furthering the debate on gender issues within geography. The book begins by examining from a theoretical perspective the relation between gender and the changing spatial, temporal and political organization of the urban environment. The authors then illustrate the constraints that women encounter in different aspects of their lives. It should be of interest to students of geography, urban and regional planning, urban studies, urban sociology and women's studies.
Table of Contents
- City and society - a feminist reformation of urban politics, L.Bondi and L.Peake
- balancing our space and time - the impact of women's organization on the British city 1920-1980, S.Mackenzie
- food retailing and changing gender relations at home and work, S.Bowlby
- women and young children - the constraints on women in the urban environment, J.Tivers
- women's low travel mobility - a function of gender roles, L.Pickup
- women, leisure and bingo - a study of women's leisure experience in a northern English community, R.Dixey.
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