Equipped for life: Gendered technical training and consumerism in home economics, 1920-1980
AS Bix - Technology and Culture, 2002 - JSTOR
Technology and Culture, 2002•JSTOR
In tracing the development of technical education in American colleges and universities,
historians have tended, perhaps inevitably, to concentrate on engineering departments.
Those programs tell an important story: the evolution of specialized disciplines from
practical, shop-oriented learning to theoretical science. Also, engineering schools were (as
many still are) dominated by male students and faculty, who often connected technical
expertise to masculinity. 1
historians have tended, perhaps inevitably, to concentrate on engineering departments.
Those programs tell an important story: the evolution of specialized disciplines from
practical, shop-oriented learning to theoretical science. Also, engineering schools were (as
many still are) dominated by male students and faculty, who often connected technical
expertise to masculinity. 1
In tracing the development of technical education in American colleges and universities, historians have tended, perhaps inevitably, to concentrate on engineering departments. Those programs tell an important story: the evolution of specialized disciplines from practical, shop-oriented learning to theoretical science. Also, engineering schools were (as many still are) dominated by male students and faculty, who often connected technical expertise to masculinity. 1
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