Smothered by Invention : Technology in Women's Lives
Author(s):
Faulkner, Wendy
; Arnold, Erik
| Binding: | Softcover |
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| Size: | 6 - 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall |
| Volume Condition: | Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher Name: | Pluto Press |
| Publication Year: | 1987 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| ISBN: | 9780861047376 |
| SKU: | 008861 |
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| Categories: | Culture and Society , Technology and History of Technology |
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276pp. Laminated printed light card covers. Several reader's creases to spine. Chipping to edges, folds. Page margins tanning. Internally neat, clean and tight. 8vmo. Controversial book which shows why women find it difficult to change the shape of things in a technological world where men are in control, describing the ways in which modern machines are part of the control men exercise over women and how that control touches on reproduction, housework and paid work.
Keywords:
Science
Women's History
Technology
