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Women, Gender, and Technology. Mary Frank Fox, Deborah Johnson, and Sue Rosser (Eds). 2006. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, vii + 216 pages. ISBN: 9780252030956, $55.00 cloth. ISBN: 9780252073366, $20.00 paper.
In this era of unprecedented technological change, it is increasingly unwise to overlook the critical role of gender in both the practice and the policies of science, technology, and innovation. Women, Gender, and Technology is an interdisciplinary volume, which contributes new insight into the ways in which issues of gender and technology infuse career structures, the use and adoption of technology, and the construction of commercial and business forces in the knowledge economy. The authors convincingly show that the intersection of gender and technology has significant implications not only for women's careers, but also for the greater realm of science policy, operations, and achievement.
Editors Mary Frank Fox, Deborah Johnson, and Sue Rosser note in the preface that the book is part of a larger project, intended to be the first in a series...
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