PSU Magazine Fall 2013

T H E Luis Barragan's Gardens of El Pedregal By Keith Eggener '85, Princeton Architectural Press, 2001. Luis Barragan is the most lauded and influential Mexican architect of the 20th century. His 1,250-acre Gardens of El Pedregal, a res– idential subdivision begun in 1945 south of Mexico City, is his most important project and consid– ered a turning point in Mexican archi– tecture with its dis– tinctly regionalized modernism. Eggener reveals the archi– tect's unu ual design methods in relation to post-war architecture inter– nationally. The author is assistant profe sor of American art and archi– tecture at the University of Missouri– Columbia. Squaring Up Edited by Mary King (economics faculty) , University of Michigan Press, 2001. Despite three decades of progress, American women's incomes sti ll aver– age just over half those of men. This means women are only half as able as men to support themselves and their families, are too often mired in poverty, and have less power than men do in their families, communities, and governments. In Squaring Up, King has gathered articles from top economists offering strategies for raising women's incomes. These strategies fall into three categories: those intended to reduce the negative impact of child rearing on women's incomes, those designed to raise wages in jobs where most working women are concentrated, and those focused on moving women into better paying positions. S H E L F The Feminist Classroom By Frances Maher and Mary Kay Thomp– son Tetreault (jJrovost and vice president for academic affairs), Rowman & Little– field, 200 I . What goes on in a feminist classroom? Maher and Tetreault give you a thorough answer as they observe and interview 17 femi– nist professors and their students. These professors are challeng– ing the traditional norms of knowledge and classroom prac– tices. At times this leave the students angry or bewildered, but there are also moments of exhi lara– tion and self discovery. The book was first published six years ago. In this expanded edition, the authors have taken into consideration the role of race in the feminist class– room, as well as the assumption of Caucasian privi lege that can affect classroom discourse. Greater Portland By Carl Abbott (urban studies faculty), University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001 . Portland has achieved a reputation as one of the most progressive and livable cities in the United States. Urban his– torian Carl Abbott examines what makes the city exemplary through its history, people, po litical processes, and natural landscape. He sees the region's geography-mountain ranges east and west-as important to the city's story as is its distinct cu ltura l environments. H is ana lysis ends with a detailed look at Portland's 1970s and '80s political activism, which led to the now famous metropolitan growth boundary. Greater Portland is second in a Metro– politan Portraits Series published by University of Pennsylvania Press. Olympic Dreams Matthew Burbank, Gregory Andranovich, and Charles Heying (urban studies faculty), Lynne Rienner Publishers , 2001. What kind of medal does the host city of the O lympic games earn? Is it one of large profit or municipal debt, high profile or political scandal? As the authors investigate the experiences of three U.S. cities-Los Angeles (1984), Atlanta (1996), and today's news– maker, Salt Lake City (2002)-they show that a city realizing its O lymp ic dreams faces anything but a straight– forward proposition. Staging an inter– national mega-event is a daunting feat of political maneuvering and eco– nomic vision. Other books & recordings Measures for Clinical Practice, third edi– tion, by Kevin Corcoran (social work faculty) and J. Fischer, Free Press, 2000. Deadliest Enemies: Law and the Making of Race Relations on and off Rosebud Reser– vation, by Thomas Biolsi (anthropology faculty), University of California Press, 2001. Exploring Socio-Cultural Themes in Education, second edition, by Joan Strouse (education facu lty), Prentice– Hall, 2001. Fieldwork in the Geography Curriculum: Filling the Rhetoric-Reality Gap, by Swenda Rice and Teresa Bulman (geog– raphy faculty), National Council for Geographic Education, 2001. D Reviews are of faculty and alumni books, recordings, and Web publica– tions. To have a work considered for this page, please submit pertinent information to Mary Ellen Kenreich, PSU Library faculty, via e-mail to kenreichm@pdx.edu, or fax to 503- 725-5799, or mail to Portland State University, PO Box 1151, Portland, OR 97207-0751. FALL 2001 PSU MAGAZINE 5