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More Work For Mother: The Ironies Of Household Technology From The Open Hearth To The Microwave - Ruth Schwartz Cowan
More Work For Mother: The Ironies Of Household Technology From The Open Hearth To The Microwave
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This book has a dual focus. As its title is meant to suggest, it is a history not just of housework but also of the tools with which that work is done: household technology. Human beings are tool-using animals; indeed, some anthropologists believe that, along with speech, , the ability to use and... show more
This book has a dual focus. As its title is meant to suggest, it is a history not just of housework but also of the tools with which that work is done: household technology. Human beings are tool-using animals; indeed, some anthropologists believe that, along with speech, , the ability to use and to refine our tools is precisely what sets us apart from other species of primates.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780465047321 (0465047327)
Publisher: Basic Books
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction, History, Science, Technology, Feminism, Womens, Gender, Gender Studies
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More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave - Ruth Schwartz Cowan
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