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Women, technology, and the myth of progress / Eileen B. Leonard.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0130985953
  • 9780130985958
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.483 21
LOC classification:
  • HQ1154 .L48 2003
Contents:
Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Social Construction of Technology -- 3. The Wonders of Technology -- 4. Broken Promises: A Look at the Status of Women -- 5. Reproductive Technology and the Politics of Social Control -- 6. The Electronic Office: A Counterfeit Revolution -- 7. Household Labor and Technology in a Consumer Culture -- 8. The Myth of Progress -- 9. Demands and Promises: Implications for Social Change -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-236) and index.

Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Social Construction of Technology -- 3. The Wonders of Technology -- 4. Broken Promises: A Look at the Status of Women -- 5. Reproductive Technology and the Politics of Social Control -- 6. The Electronic Office: A Counterfeit Revolution -- 7. Household Labor and Technology in a Consumer Culture -- 8. The Myth of Progress -- 9. Demands and Promises: Implications for Social Change -- Bibliography -- Index.

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