05840nam 2200529 a 450 991100365910332120241107100957.01-135-74754-7(CKB)2550000001208137(StDuBDS)AH24414324(ODN)ODN0004070912(EXLCZ)99255000000120813719950403d1995 |y |engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWomen workers and technological change in Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries /edited by Gertjan De Groot and Marlou SchroverLondon Taylor & Francisc19951 online resource (ix,206p. ) ill., mapIncludes bibliographical references and index.General Introduction; Frames of Reference: Skill, Gender and New Technology in the Hosiery Industry; The Creation of a Gendered Division of Labour in the Danish Textile Industry; Foreign Technology and the Gender Division of Labour in a Dutch Cotton Spinning Mill; "The Mysteries of the Typewriter": Technology and Gender in the British Civil Service, 1870- 1914; "A Revolution in the Workplace?": Women's Work in Munitions Factories and Technological Change 1914-1918; Gender and Technological Change in the North Staffordshire Pottery Industry; Periodisation and the Engendering of Technology: the Pottery of Gustavsberg, Sweden, 1880-1980; Creating Gender: Technology and Feminity in the Swedish Dairy Industry; Cooking up Women's Work: Women Workers in the Dutch Food Industries 1889- 1960.Traces the origins of the segregation between women's and men's work in the 19th and 20th century. It rejects the idea that women were mainly employed as unskilled labour, asserting that women's skills were required but that historical records and social definitions of "skill" have denied this.From the traditional stereotyped viewpoint, femininity and technology clash. This negative association between women and technology is one of the features of the sex-typing of jobs. Men are seen as technically competent and creative; women are seen as incompetent, suited only to work with machines that have been made and maintained by men. Men identify themselves with technology, and technology is identified with masculinity. The relationship between technology, technological change and women's work is, however, very complex.; Through studies examining technological change and the sexual division of labour, this book traces the origins of the segregation between women's work and men's work and sheds light on the complicated relationship between work and technology. Drawing on research from a number of European countries England, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands, international contributors present detailed studies on women's work spanning two centuries. The chapters deal with a variety of work environments - office work, textiles and pottery, food production, civil service and cotton and wool industries.; This work rejects the idea that women were mainly employed as unskilled labour in the industrial revolutions, asserting that skill was required from the women, but that both the historical record about women's work and the social construction of the concept of "skill" have denied this. From the traditional stereotyped viewpoint, femininity and technology clash. This negative association between women and technology is one of the features of the sex-typing of jobs. Men are seen as technically competent and creative; women are seen as incompetent, suited only to work with machines that have been made and maintained by men. Men identify themselves with technology, and technology is identified with masculinity. The relationship between technology, technological change and women's work is, however, very complex.; Through studies examining technological change and the sexual division of labour, this book traces the origins of the segregation between women's work and men's work and sheds light on the complicated relationship between work and technology. Drawing on research from a number of European countries England, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands, international contributors present detailed studies on women's work spanning two centuries. The chapters deal with a variety of work environments - office work, textiles and pottery, food production, civil service and cotton and wool industries.; This work rejects the idea that women were mainly employed as unskilled labour in the industrial revolutions, asserting that skill was required from the women, but that both the historical record about women's work and the social construction of the concept of "skill" have denied this.WomenEuropeEffect of technological innovations onHistory19th centuryWomenEuropeEffect of technological innovations onHistory20th centuryWomen in technologyEuropeHistory19th centuryWomen in technologyEuropeHistory20th centuryElectronic books.lcshWomenEffect of technological innovations onHistoryWomenEffect of technological innovations onHistoryWomen in technologyHistoryWomen in technologyHistory305.43094BUS000000HIS000000POL013000bisacshDe Groot Gertjan1821307Groot Gertjan de1452284Schrover Marlou1959-864635WlAbNLUkStDuBDSZUkPrAHLSBOOK9911003659103321Women workers and technological change in Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries4385107UNINA