Discrimination by Design: A Feminist Critique of the Man-Made Environment

by Leslie Weisman

Book Overview

"A fast-moving, insightful, politically astute and upfront feminist examination of the power struggles involved in building and controlling space."
-- Women's Review of Books
"A readable account of the force of male dominance in the built environment. . . . Those looking to this book for a clearer vision of the changes that need to be made in the organization and design of housing, work, and public space to foster gender equality will not be disappointed."
-- Journal of Planning Education and Research
"A pioneering work that will pave new territory not only for feminists but all those who are prepared to rethink environmental and societal issues."
-- Choice

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252063996
• ISBN13: 9780252063992
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"