Main entry:

Gutman, Marta, author.

Title & Author:

A city for children : women, architecture, and the charitable landscapes of Oakland, 1850-1950 / Marta Gutman.

Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.

Description:

xxi, 454 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

Historical studies of urban America

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
New ideas from old things in Oakland -- The charitable landscape in California: first imprints in San Francisco -- The ladies intervene: repurposed and purpose-built in Temescal -- The West Oakland home: the "Noble work for a life saving" of Rebecca McWade -- The saloon that became a school: free kindergartens in Northern California -- The art and craft of settlement work in Oakland Point -- "The ground must belong to the city": playgrounds and recreation centers in Oakland's neighborhoods -- Orphaned in Oakland: institutional life during the progressive era -- Childhood on the color line in West Oakland: day nurseries during the interwar years -- Epilogue.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"American cities are constantly being built and rebuilt, resulting in ever-changing skylines and neighborhoods. While the dynamic urban landscapes of New York, Boston, and Chicago have been widely studied, there is much to be gleaned from West Coast cities, especially in California, where the migration boom at the end of the nineteenth century permanently changed the urban fabric of these newly diverse, plural metropolises. In A City for Children, Marta Gutman focuses on the use and reuse of everyday buildings in Oakland, California, to make the city a better place for children"--Jacket.

ISBN:

9780226311289 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0226311287 (cloth ; alk. paper)
(e-book)
9780226156156

Subject:

Women in charitable work California Oakland History.
Child welfare California Oakland History.
Urban renewal California Oakland History.
Buildings Remodeling for other use California Oakland History.
Architecture Conservation and restoration California Oakland History.
Femmes dans les œuvres de bienfaisance Californie Oakland Histoire.
Rénovation urbaine Californie Oakland Histoire.
Constructions Reconversion Californie Oakland Histoire.
Architecture Conservation et restauration Californie Oakland Histoire.
Architecture Conservation and restoration.
Buildings.
Buildings Remodeling for other use.
Child welfare.
Urban renewal.
Women in charitable work.
Stadtentwicklung
Wohltätigkeit
Kind
1800-talet.
1900-talet.
Stadsförnyelse historia.
Barn historia.
Arkitektur historia.
Oakland (Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc. History.
California Oakland.
Oakland, Calif.
Förenta staterna Kalifornien Oakland.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Historical studies of urban America.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 288400
Call No.: BIB 230078
Status: Available