Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewCynthia Cockburn's classic study of masculinity and skill in printing showed newspaper compositors locked in battle with their employers. This new edition adds an Afterword on the final defeat of the men by press owners armed with computer technology and backed by Tatcher's anti-union laws. Brothers began as a study on the human impact of technological change. It ended as an exploration in the making and remaking of men, showing how work and technology are used by men in maintaining their control over women. It continues to offer an unparalleled insight into men and trade unionism from a feminist point of view. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Cynthia CockburnPublisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 12.30cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 19.30cm Weight: 0.380kg ISBN: 9780745305837ISBN 10: 0745305830 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 01 December 1991 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews'Cockburn has managed that most difficult of tasks: to produce a book on an important social issue which is theoretically interesteing, factually informative and well written' * New Society * 'Cockburn has managed that most difficult of tasks: to produce a book on an important social issue which is theoretically interesteing, factually informative and well written' 'Cockburn has managed that most difficult of tasks: to produce a book on an important social issue which is theoretically interesteing, factually informative and well written' New Society'A fine case study of recent technological change' Technology and Culture' A disturbing and thought-provoking book, particularly for men' Print' She dissects the culture of the industry in a gripping and disturbing way... My own experience as a time-served compositor in the boom years of the post-war printing industry is joyfully, and painfully, revived in Brothers' Printing World Author InformationCynthia Cockburn is an Honorary Professor at the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender, University of Warwick, and City University London. A researcher and writer in the field of gender, war and peacemaking, she is active in the international women's peace movement. Her most recent books are Antimilitarism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), From Where We Stand (Zed Books, 2007) and Looking to London (Pluto, 2017). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
