Reviews for Selling the City: Gender, Class, and the California Growth Machine, 1880-1940

The average rating for Selling the City: Gender, Class, and the California Growth Machine, 1880-1940 based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-11-12 00:00:00 Dianne Brown Title: American Social Movements - The Abortion Rights Movement Author: Meghan Powers Publication Date: October 25, 2005 Genre: Nonfiction In the book "American Social Movements - The Abortion Rights Movement" the author, Meghan Powers, includes many different facts, stories, opinions, and events all following one of the most controversial social movements in the United States. The book discusses the results of the famous roe vs. wade court case, it provides different viewpoints on the topic, and it presents a chronological order of important events that occurred related to the abortion rights movement. It also give insightful thought about the relation between the abortion rights movement and the women's rights movement. The book takes place in no specific time period, as it is just informing about the story of abortion rights. It takes place in America and the issue addressed it abortion rights. The book's biggest selling point is how it ties two very famous social movements together and explains the relationship of women's rights and abortion rights in close detail. A warning for this book is that abortion can be a very sensitive topic towards some people and to keep in mind that everyone should be respected regardless of their stance on abortion. The biggest takeaway from this book is how hard many women have had it for so long and what they have been through to accomplish so much, it is truly so inspiring.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-03-25 00:00:00 Cheryll Franks Where is the Greenhaven Press's book on the pro-life movement?