Making Technology Masculine: Men, Women, and Modern Machines in America, 1870-1945
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Making Technology Masculine: Men, Women, and Modern Machines in America, 1870-1945

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To say that technology is male comes as no surprise, but the claim that its history is a short one strikes a new note. Making Technology Masculine: Men, Women, and Modern Machines in America, 1870-1945 maps the historical process through which men laid claims to technology as their exclusive terrain. It also explores how women contested this ascendancy of the male discours...more
Paperback, 271 pages
Published September 8th 2004 by Amsterdam University Press
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Very long-winded, repetitive, and slow. Really could have been half as long and be more effective for clarity.
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