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Elizabeth Darling and Lesley Whitworth, Women and the Making of Built Space in England, 1870-1950.

Publication: Labour/Le Travail
Publication Date: 22-SEP-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Elizabeth Darling and Lesley Whitworth, Women and the Making of Built Space in England, 1870-1950.(Book review)

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Elizabeth Darling and Lesley Whitworth, Women and the Making of Built Space in England, 1870-1950 (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited 2007)

THIS COLLECTION of essays, which originated in the 2002 workshop of the Centre for Urban Culture at the University of Nottingham, sets out to offer "innovative interpretations of the changing vistas and material culture of day-to-day life" grounded in "historical description with a particular focus on architecture and design." (3) The contributors include scholars of art and design, an architectural historian, an urban historian, two historians of modern Britain, and two scholars of English literature. The essays are organized roughly in chronological order. There are two papers on Octavia Hill; two on exhibits (the Loan Exhibit of Women's Industries in Bristol in 1885 and the Ideal Home Exhibit in 1939); and several on the political impact of women on housing reform. Most, although not all, of the articles...

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