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Women in American Architecture, A Historic and Contemporary Perspective
by Torre, Susana (editor);Foreword by Marita O'Hare; Essays by Susan Fondiler Berkon, Sara Boutelle, Doris Cole, Dolores Hayden, Carolyn Johnson, Naomi Leff, Lucy R. Lippard, Jane McGroarty, Judith Paine, Suzanne Stephens, Mary Otis Stevens, Gwendolyn Wr
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Original black cloth, gilt/DJ Not Price Clipped (25.00)
- ISBN 10
- 0823074854
- ISBN 13
- 9780823074853
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About This Item
New York: Whitney Library of Design / Watson-Guptill, 1977. 8.5" wide by 11.25" tall. Near Fine condition (previous owner's name) in Very Good++ Dust Jacket (No chips. No creases. Light touch of rubbing). No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Pages are fresh and crisp. "First Printing, 1977" is so stated on copyright page. A remarkable look at the contributions of women in the field of architecture. There are 5 parts: 1) a pictorial overview of how professional women have designed for and written about women as workers in the home; 2) descriptions of the varied careers of women architects from the mid-19th century through the 1960s; 3) exploration of the position of women as architectural critics through the careers of Catherine Bauer, Ada Louise Huxtable, Jane Jacobs, and Sybil Moholy-Nagy; 4) contemporary perspectives of women in the profession; 5) women's spatial symbolism. 250 illustrations, including photographs, 64 drawings, 27 floor plans, 20 site plans, and 2 models. Chapter notes. Bibliography. Biographical notes about the authors. Index. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Original black cloth, gilt/DJ Not Price Clipped (25.00). 224pp.
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- Title
- Women in American Architecture, A Historic and Contemporary Perspective
- Author
- Torre, Susana (editor);Foreword by Marita O'Hare; Essays by Susan Fondiler Berkon, Sara Boutelle, Doris Cole, Dolores Hayden, Carolyn Johnson, Naomi Leff, Lucy R. Lippard, Jane McGroarty, Judith Paine, Suzanne Stephens, Mary Otis Stevens, Gwendolyn Wr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Original black cloth, gilt
- Jacket Condition
- DJ Not Price Clipped (25.00)
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0823074854
- ISBN 13
- 9780823074853
- Publisher
- Whitney Library of Design / Watson-Guptill
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Feminism / Women's Studies;
- Size
- 224pp
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