The transformation of child care after welfare reform in New York City and the struggle against that transformation is a largely untold story. Social Reproduction and the City tells this story, linking welfare reform to feminist research and activism around the crisis of care, social reproduction, and the neoliberal city.
Public libraries have strangely never been the subject of an extensive design history. Consequently, this important and comprehensive book represents a ground-breaking socio-architectural study of pre-1939 public library buildings. A surprisingly high proportion of these urban civic buildings remain intact and present an increasingly difficult architectural problem for many communities. The book thus includes a study of what is happening to these historic libraries now and proposes that knowledge of their origins and early development can help build an understanding of how best to handle their future.