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The Academic Kitchen: A Social History of Gender Stratification at the University of California, Berkeley (SUNY series, Frontiers in Education) - Softcover

Nerad, Maresi

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9780791439708: The Academic Kitchen: A Social History of Gender Stratification at the University of California, Berkeley (SUNY series, Frontiers in Education)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0791439704 ISBN 13: 9780791439708
Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1999

Synopsis

The Academic Kitchen tells the story of the evolution of an all-women's department, the Department of Home Economics, at the University of California, Berkeley from 1905 to 1954. The book's unique focus on the connection between gender and departmental status challenges organizational theorists and higher education specialists to reconsider their traditional analysis of academic departments. By incorporating gender in the analysis, Nerad reveals the process by which departments traditionally dominated by women, including education, library science, nursing, social welfare, and home economics, begin as separate (and unequal) programs and are subsequently eliminated (or sustained without economic rewards, prestige, and power) when administrators no longer regard them as useful.

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About the Author

Maresi Nerad is Director of Graduate Research at the University of California, Berkeley. She has published several works, including Graduate Education in the United States (with R. June and D. Miller).

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Publisher
State University of New York Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0791439704
ISBN 13 
9780791439708
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
195
Rating
  • 4.18 out of 5 stars
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