Steam Laundries

Gender, Technology, and Work in the United States and Great Britain, 1880–1940

Arwen P. Mohun (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2003
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-7246-4 (ISBN)

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Laundries were once ubiquitous in British and American cities-products of the same historical process that created steel mills and railroads. Unlike the more familiar examples of industrialization, these cleanliness factories remained powerfully identified with domesticity. In Steam Laundries, Arwen Mohun explores broader issues of how gender has shaped how everyday work gets done, who does the work, and how the work is valued. The British-American comparison further reveals differences owing to culture, regulation, and social structure as well as the unexpected transatlantic character of this seemingly localized business.

Arwen P. Mohun is an associate professor of history at the University of Delaware.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.4.2003
Reihe/Serie	Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology
Zusatzinfo	26 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Baltimore, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	567 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Technik
ISBN-10	0-8018-7246-4 / 0801872464
ISBN-13	978-0-8018-7246-4 / 9780801872464
Zustand	Neuware