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Selling the City

Author: Lee M. A. Simpson

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780804748759

Between 1880 and 1940, California cities were in the vanguard in creating comprehensive city plans and zoning ordinances that came to characterize modern American city growth. This book reveals the means by which property-owning middle-class women achieved entry into the male-dominated sphere of urban planning. It suggests that women in California were not excluded from public life. Instead, they embraced the middle-class ideology of propertied self-interest and participated to the fullest extent possible in the urban struggle for regional dominance that shaped this period of western history. Likewise, as urban historians have presented this story as essentially male, this work suggests that although California's urban elite often maintained a division of labor along traditional gender lines, they clearly worked in a cross-gender alliance to shape a regional identity based on a commitment to urban growth.

Californian Architecture in Santa Barbara

Author: H. Philip Staats

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2013-08-07

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1442224282

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Following a devastating earthquake in 1925 that destroyed most of Santa Barbara’s significant buildings, the city became the first in the country to have a controlled building plan that encouraged a unified style using elements of Spanish colonial architecture. With airy broad patios, thick adobe walls, and warm-colored tile roofs, Californian architecture is beautifully distinctive. The product of many architects, it combines the harmony and color of Spanish colonial style with some of the best of American architecture. It is inspired by the play of sunshine on light surfaces as well as the contrast of deep shadows. Here, where gardens are so much a part of the house, the homes have become part of the garden. In 1929, H. Philip Staats presented 231 photos and plans of the rebuilt Santa Barbara: its public and commercial buildings, homes, interiors, and gardens. This book contains that collection, and is meant to serve as an inspiration for those planning and decorating in the Hispanic styles.

Yours for the Union

Author: John Webster Chase

Publisher: Fordham Univ Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 9780823223039

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Of his letters, 172 that have survived are included in this book; they cover a four-year period from October 1861 until the war ended in April 1865. The letters are divided into chapters covering the different arenas where Chase served during the war, from Alexandria, the Peninsula Campaign, Maryland, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville to Gettysburg, Warrenton and Brandy Station, the Overland Campaign, the Shenandoah Valley - and, finally, to Petersburg.

Santa Barbara

Author: Marc Muench

Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 1558687424

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Experience one of the glistening jewels of California. SANTA BARBARA. This beautiful and sophisticated city has been called the American Riviera for its astonishing ocean views, pristine beaches, stately architecture, luscious restaurants, and exclusive shopping. Exquisite color photography by lifetime Santa Barbara resident Marc Muench reveals the heart of Santa Barbara and its surrounding cities of Goleta, Montecito. Summerland, and Carpinteria. A poignant, personal essay by author Barnaby Conrad describes the magic of Santa Barbara.