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Making technology masculine [electronic resource] : men, women and modern machines in America, 1870-1945 / Ruth Oldenziel.

Summary:

A pioneering study of the relations between gender and technology.

Electronic resources

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (271 pages) : illustrations
  • Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©1999.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-261) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Ch. 1: Unsettled Discourses; Ch. 2: From Elite Profession to Mass Occupation; Ch. 3: Bargaining for the Fraternity; Ch. 4: (De)Constructing Male Professional Bridges; Ch. 5: Women Reweaving Borrowed Identities; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject:
Human-machine systems > United States > History.
Labor > North America > History.
Labor > United States > History.
Sex role.
Sexual division of labor > United States > History.
Technology > Social aspects > History.
Women in engineering > United States > History.
Women in technology > United States > History.
Women > Employment > United States > History.