About the book
The computing profession faces a serious gender crisis. Today, fewer women enter computing than anytime in the past 25 years. This book provides an unprecedented look at the history of women and men in computing, detailing how the computing profession emerged and matured, and how the field became male coded. Women's experiences working in offices, education, libraries, programming, and government are examined for clues on how and where women succeeded—and where they struggled. It also provides a unique international dimension with studies examining the U.S., Great Britain, Germany, Norway, and Greece. Scholars in history, gender/women's studies, and science and technology studies, as well as department chairs and hiring directors will find this volume illuminating.
Editions of Gender Codes
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780470597194
- EBook
- ISBN 9781118035139
- EBook
- ISBN 9780470619926
- EBook
- ISBN 9780470619919
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The computing profession faces a serious gender crisis. Today, fewer women enter computing than anytime in the past 25 years. This book provides an unprecedented look at the history of women and men in computing, detailing how the computing profession emerged and matured, and how the field became male coded. Women's experiences working in offices, education, libraries, programming, and government are examined for clues on how and where women succeeded—and where they struggled. It also provides a unique international dimension with studies examining the U.S., Great Britain, Germany, Norway, and Greece. Scholars in history, gender/women's studies, and science and technology studies, as well as department chairs and hiring directors will find this volume illuminating.
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What is Gender Codes about?
The computing profession faces a serious gender crisis. Today, fewer women enter computing than anytime in the past 25 years. This book provides an unprecedented look at the history of women and men in computing, detailing how the computing profession emerged and matured, and how the field became male coded. Women's experiences working in offices, education, libraries, programming, and government are examined for clues on how and where women succeeded—and where they struggled. It also provides a unique international dimension with studies examining the U.S., Great Britain, Germany, Norway, and Greece. Scholars in history, gender/women's studies, and science and technology studies, as well as department chairs and hiring directors will find this volume illuminating.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Gender Codes?
Computing and Information Technology > Digital and Information technology: general topics
Where can I read a sample of Gender Codes?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780470597194
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Gender Codes?
John Wiley & Sons
Who is the Publisher of the book Gender Codes?
Wiley
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Gender Codes is available as paperback(ISBN 9780470597194) and ebook(ISBN 9781118035139) and ebook(ISBN 9780470619926) and ebook(ISBN 9780470619919)
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