Machinery of Dominance: Women, Men and Technical Know-howResearch report, sex discrimination, employment opportunity, division of labour, woman worker technicians, UK - case studies, interviews, effects of technological change, clothing worker, radiographer, management attitudes, trade union attitudes, employees attitudes, working conditions, occupational status, aptitudes. References. |
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Preface | 1 |
Technology production and power | 15 |
new technology and sexual divisions | 44 |
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