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Connecting Women
. Ed(S): Schafer, Valerie; Thierry, Benjamin G.
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Hardback. Editor(s): Schafer, Valerie; Thierry, Benjamin G. Series: History of Computing. Num Pages: 190 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; JFSJ1; KNT; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 456.
This important volume examines European perspectives on the historical relations that women have maintained with information and communication technologies (ICTs), since the telegraph. Features: describes how gendered networks have formed around ICT since the late 19th Century; reviews the gendered issues revealed by the conflict between the actress Ms Sylviac and the French telephone administration in 1904, or by ‘feminine’ blogs; examines how gender representations, age categories, and uses of ICT interact and are mutually formed in children’s magazines; illuminates the participation of women in the early days of computing, through a case study on the Rothamsted Statistics Department; presents ... Read more
This important volume examines European perspectives on the historical relations that women have maintained with information and communication technologies (ICTs), since the telegraph. Features: describes how gendered networks have formed around ICT since the late 19th Century; reviews the gendered issues revealed by the conflict between the actress Ms Sylviac and the French telephone administration in 1904, or by ‘feminine’ blogs; examines how gender representations, age categories, and uses of ICT interact and are mutually formed in children’s magazines; illuminates the participation of women in the early days of computing, through a case study on the Rothamsted Statistics Department; presents ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Series
History of Computing
Number of Pages
174
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319208367
SKU
V9783319208367
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Ref
99-15
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