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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144115503321

Autore

Oldenziel Ruth <1958->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c1999

ISBN

1-281-97229-0

9786611972295

90-485-0573-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Labor - United States - History

Labor - North America - History

Human-machine systems - United States - History

Sexual division of labor - United States - History

Women - Employment - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-261) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

A pioneering study of the relations between gender and technology.