Steam Laundries: Gender, Technology, and Work in the United States and Great Britain, 1880–1940 - Couverture souple

Mohun, Prof Arwen P.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801872464 ISBN 13 : 9780801872464

Editeur : JHUP, 2003

Synopsis

Laundries were once ubiquitous in British and American cities—products of the same historical process that created steel mills and railroads. Unlike the more familiar examples of industrialization, these cleanliness factories remained powerfully identified with domesticity. In Steam Laundries, Arwen Mohun explores broader issues of how gender has shaped how everyday work gets done, who does the work, and how the work is valued. The British-American comparison further reveals differences owing to culture, regulation, and social structure as well as the unexpected transatlantic character of this seemingly localized business.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Arwen P. Mohun is a professor of history at the University of Delaware. She is author of Steam Laundries: Gender, Technology, and Work in the United States and Great Britain, 1880-1940 and coeditor of Gender and Technology: A Reader, both published by Johns Hopkins.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: JHUP
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801872464
• ISBN 13: 9780801872464
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 372
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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