Devices and Desires
Subtitle: Gender, Technology, and American Nursing (Studies in Social Medicine)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: November 8, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780807825792
Subjects: Gender studies; History of engineering & technology; History of medicine; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Nursing - General; Nursing Practice +; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Women's Studies - General; USA; History; Social Aspects; Social Science / Women's Studies; history of nursing; medical technology; gender studies; technology studies; history of professions; hospital literature; History of Nursing; Medical technology; Nursing; United States
First sentence: In a critical essay on the close and class relations between women, servants, and machines, Alexandra Chasin cited a newspaper article in which the author listed the things human beings had invented to make their lives easier.