{"product_id":"9783319364841","title":"History of Computing: Women, Gender and ICT in Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century","description":"\u003ch1\u003eHistory of Computing: Women, Gender and ICT in Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eSchafer, Valérie; Thierry, Benjamin G.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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 a comparative study of women in computing in France, Finland and the UK, revealing similar gender divisions within the ICT professions of these countries; discusses diversity interventions and the part that history could (and should) play to ensure women do not take second place in specific occupational sectors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2016-08-23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319364841\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-20837-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 174\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47392404865164,"sku":"9783319364841","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319364841.jpg?v=1775767519","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783319364841","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}