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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811538203321

Autore

Adams Tracey Lynn <1966->

Titolo

A dentist and a gentleman : gender and the rise of dentistry in Ontario / / Tracey L. Adams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2000

©2000

ISBN

1-282-03371-9

9786612033711

1-4426-7029-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Disciplina

617.6/009713

Soggetti

Dentistry - Ontario - History

Dentistry - Social aspects - Ontario

Sexual division of labor - Ontario - History

Women dentists - Ontario - History

Livres numeriques.

History

e-books.

Electronic books.

Ontario

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- 1 Dentistry, Gender, and Profession Creation -- 2 The Rise of the Dental Profession in Ontario -- 3 Defining Dentistry -- 4 Enforcing the Dental Ideal -- 5 Professional Status, Ideology, and Gender: Dentistry 1900-1918 -- 6 Public Health, Public Education, Public Image -- 7 Gender and the Division of Dental Labour -- 8 On Becoming a Dentist: Dental Students 1903-1917 -- 9 Women in Dentistry -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 Historical Sources -- Appendix 2 Women as a Percentage of Practitioners in Selected Male-Dominated Professions in Ontario, 1911-1996 -- Notes.



Sommario/riassunto

At one time considered a trade, dentistry gradually evolved and attained professional status, structured in such a way as to recruit middle-class white men; by definition, a professional was a gentleman. A unique and fascinating social history.