Ruth Zenovia Cowan

A Social History of American Technology

A Social History of American Technology

More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave

More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave

Our Parents' Lives: The Americanization of Eastern European Jews

Our Parents' Lives: The Americanization of Eastern European Jews

A Social History of American Technology

For over 250 years American technology has been regarded as a unique hallmark of American culture and an important factor in American prosperity. Despite this American history has rarely been told from the perspective of the history of technology. A Social History of American Technology fills this g...

More Work For Mother: The Ironies Of Household Technology From The Open Hearth To The Microwave

In this classic work of women’s history (winner of the 1984 Dexter Prize from the Society for the History of Technology), Ruth Schwartz Cowan shows how and why modern women devote as much time to housework as did their colonial sisters. In lively and provocative prose, Cowan explains how the modern ...

More Work for Mother

Machinery Of Dominance: Women, Men, and Technical Know-How (Northeastern Series on Feminist Theory)

Our Parents' Lives: The Americanization of Eastern European Jews

More Work for Mother

Heredity and Hope: The Case for Genetic Screening

The secrets locked in our genes are being revealed, and we find ourselves both enthused and frightened about what that portends. We look forward to curing disease and alleviating suffering―for our children as well as for ourselves―but we also worry about delving too deeply into the double helix. Abu...