The Grand Domestic Revolution : A History of Feminist Designs for American Homes, Neighborhoods, and Cities de Hayden, Dolores

The MIT Press, 1982-06-07. Revised ed. paperback. Used: Good.

MIT List Visual Arts Center, 1983. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Book shows light wear to covers only.. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 367 pages, illustrated with architectural drawings, b&w photos, floorplans, interiors, elevations. Contents include: Socialism in model villages, Feminism in model households, Free lovers, individual sovereigns, and integral cooperation, Suffragists, philanthropists, and temperance workers, Domestic space in fictional socialist cities, etc.

First MIT paperback edition. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9", displays light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and bright. Text appears in double columns. Numerous illustrations, including floor plans. 367 pages."Long before Betty Friedan wrote about "the problem that had no name" in "The Feminine Mystique," a group of American feminists whose leaders included Melusina Fay Peirce, Mary Livermore, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman campaigned against women's isolation in the home and confinement to domestic life as the basic cause of their unequal position in society.The Grand Domestic Revolution reveals the innovative plans and visionary strategies of these persistent women, who developed the theory and practice of what Hayden calls "material feminism" in pursuit of economic independence and social equality. The material feminists' ambitious goals of socialized housework and child care meant revolutionizing the American home and creating community services. They raised… Leer más

MIT Press, 1982-06-07. Paperback. Very Good. 9x6x1. Very good paperback copy, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good. Shelfwear is very minor. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

MIT Press, 1982. Pbk 367pp illustr b+w photos, floorplans, facsimile documents light crease to upper front corner and first few pages otherwise appears unused and an excellent clean tight unmarked copy almost as new

The MIT Press, 1982-06-07. Revised ed. paperback. Used:Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New. "This is a book that is full of things I have never seen before, and full of new things to say about things I thought I knew well. It is a book about houses and about culture and about how each affects the other, and it must stand as one of the major works on the history of modern housing." - Paul Goldberger, The New York Times Book Review

The MIT Press, 1982-06-07. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

The MIT Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor