The Routledge history handbook of gender and the urban experience / edited by Deborah Simonton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simonton, Deborah, 1948- editor.

Series:

Routledge history handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City and town life--Europe--History.

City and town life.

Social conditions.

History.

Urban ecology (Sociology).

Sociology, Urban.

Europe.

Sociology, Urban--Europe--History.

Sex role--Europe--History.

Sex role.

Urban ecology (Sociology)--Europe--History.

Europe--Social conditions--History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Challenging current perspectives of urbanisation, this Handbook explores how our towns and cities have shaped and been shaped by cultural, spatial and gendered influences. This volume discusses gender in an urban context in European and colonial towns from the fourteenth to the twentieth century, casting new light on the development of medieval and modern settlements across the globe. Organised into six thematic parts covering economy, space, civic identity, material culture, emotions and the colonial world, this book comprises thirty-six chapters by key scholars in the field. It covers a wide range of topics from women and citizenship in medieval York to gender and tradition in nineteenth- and twentieth-century South African cities, reframing our understanding of the role of gender in constructing the spaces and places that form our urban environment. Interdisciplinary and transnational in scope, this volume analyses the individual dynamics of each case study while also examining the complex relationships and exchanges between urban cultures. It is a valuable resource for all researchers and students interested in gender, urban history and their intersection and interaction throughout the past five centuries.

Contents:

Part I Economy, Circulations and Exchanges - Introduction / Anne Montenach Montenach, Anne 7

1 Patterns of Transmission and Urban Experience - When Gender Matters / Anna Bellavitis Bellavitis, Anna 11

2 Women, Gender and Credit in Early Modern Western European Towns / Cathryn Spence Spence, Cathryn 21

3 Toleration, Liberty and Privileges - Gender and Commerce in Eighteenth-Century European Towns / Deborah Simonton Simonton, Deborah 33

4 Gender and Business during the Industrial Revolution / Hannah Barker Barker, Hannah 47

5 Poverty, Family Economies and Survival Strategies in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries - A Gender Approach / Montserrat Carbonell-Esteller Carbonell-Esteller, Montserrat 58

6 Gendered Experiences of Work and Migration in Western Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Manucla Martini Martini, Manucla 71

Part II Space, Place and Environment - Introduction / Elaine Chalus Chalus, Elaine 85

7 Male Servants, Identity and Urban Space in Eighteenth-Century England / Amanda Flather Flather, Amanda 91

8 Mapping the Spaces of Seduction - Morality, Gender and the City in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain / Katie Barclay Barclay, Katie 103

9 Painting the Town - Portrayals of Change in Urban Riversides, London and the Thames, a Case Study / Kemille S. Moore Moore, Kemille S. 116

10 Modernity and Madrid-The Gendered Urban Geography of Carmen de Burgos' La rampa / Rebecca M. Bender Bender, Rebecca M. 130

11 Home, Urban Space and Gendered Practices in Mid-Seventeenth-Century Turku / Riitta Laitinen Laitinen, Riitta 142

12 The Gendered Geography of Violence in Bologna, Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries / Sanne Muurling Muurling, Sanne, Marion Pluskota Pluskota, Marion 153

Part III Civic Identity and Political Culture - Introduction / Nina Javette Koefoed Koefoed, Nina Javette 165

13 Women and Citizenship in Later Medieval York / Sarah Rees Jones Jones, Sarah Rees 169

14 Civic Identity, 'Juvenile' Status and Gender in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Italian Towns / Eleonora Canepari Canepari, Eleonora 182

15 'We Had a Row on the Politics of the Day' - Gender and Political Sociability of the Elites in Stockholm, c. 1770-1800 / My Hellsing Hellsing, My 195

16 Gender, Philanthropy and Civic identities in Edinburgh, 1795-1830 / Jane Rendall Rendall, Jane 209

17 Negotiating Respectable Citizenship - Homosexual Emancipation Struggles in Early Twentieth-Century Copenhagen / Niels Nyegaard Nyegaard, Niels 221

18 Voting as an Act of Estate or Voting as an Act of Class? - Voting Women in Swedish Towns, c. 1720-1920 / Åsa Karlsson Sjögren Sjögren, Åsa Karlsson 233

Part IV Material Culture in Gendered Urban Settings - Introduction / Marjo Kaartinen Kaartinen, Marjo 245

19 Gender, Material Culture and Urban Experience in Early Modern Rome / Renata Ago Ago, Renata 249

20 The Changing Objects of Civic Devotion - Gender, Politics and Votive Commissions in a Late Medieval Dalmatian Confraternity / Ana Marinkovic Marinkovic, Ana 259

21 Caring and Healing - Women, Bodies and Materiality in Nineteenth-Century French Cities / Anne Carol Carol, Anne 271

22 Architectural Language and Mistranslations - A Comparative Global Approach to Women's Urban Spaces / Despina Stratigakos Stratigakos, Despina 283

23 Shoes and the City - Shoes and Their Sphere of Influence in Early America, 1740-1789 / Kimberly Alexander Alexander, Kimberly 296

24 Gendering the Automobile - Men, Women and the Car in Helsinki, 1900-1930 / Teija Försti Försti, Teija 309

Part V Intimacy and Emotion - Introduction / Katie Barclay Barclay, Katie 321

25 Shaping London Merchant Identities - Emotions, Reputation and Power in the Court of Chancery / Merridee L. Bailey Bailey, Merridee L. 327

26 Love Thy Neighbour? - The Gendered, Emotional and Spatial Production of Charity and Poverty in Sixteenth-Century France / Susan Broomhall Broomhall, Susan 338

27 The Emotional Life of Boys in Eighteenth-Century Mexico City / Sonya Lipsett-Rivera Lipsett-Rivera, Sonya 351

28 Emotions, Gender and the Body -The Case of Nineteenth-Century German Spa Towns / Heikki Lempa Lempa, Heikki 362

29 Feeling Modern on the Russian Street - From Desire to Despair / Mark D. Steinberg Steinberg, Mark D. 374

30 Risk! Pleasure! Affirmation! - Navigating Queer Urban Spaces in Twentieth-Century Scotland / Jeff Meek Meek, Jeff 385

Part VI The Colonial Town - Introduction / Nigel Worden Worden, Nigel 397

31 A Gendered History of Colonial Spanish-American Cities and Towns, 1500s-1800 / Leo J. Garofalo Garofalo, Leo J. 401

32 Gender in Batavia - Asian City, European Company Town / Jean Gelman Taylor Taylor, Jean Gelman 415

33 Cities at Sea - Gender and Sexuality in the Eighteenth-Century British Colonial City: Philadelphia, Kingston, Madras and Calcutta / Clare A. Lyons Lyons, Clare A. 427

34 Gender, Race and the Spatiality of the Colonial Town in India / Mary Hancock Hancock, Mary 441

35 Gender and Urban Experience in Nineteenth-Century Australasian Towns / Penny Russell Russell, Penny 453

36 South African Cities, Gender and Inventions of Tradition in the Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Vivian Bickford-Smith Bickford-Smith, Vivian 464.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Print version: Routledge history handbook of gender and the urban experience.

ISBN:

9781351995757

1351995758

9781351995740

135199574X

9781315276236

1315276232

OCLC:

971613678

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