Author

Publication

1999 - State University of New York Press, Albany, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

48,750 words, Guess

Page Count

195 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing1861916
  • Goodreads3103674

Classifications

  • DDC640/.71/1794
  • LCCTX285.U52 N47 1999

Description

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.

Subjects

Topics

WomenHistoryWomen, historyHome economicsWomen's studiesGender identityEducation (Higher)

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Series Statement

  • SUNY series, frontiers in education

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