[SIGCIS-Members] Dissertations

[marie.hicks at duke.edu]

Hello All,

I'm thankful for this thread, as I neglected to let the list know about my
dissertation (completed last year) on computerization and labor change in the
British government.

In it, I look at how the early, feminized labor force of computer operators
changed into a largely male-dominated one (from the 1950s to roughly the late
sixties). I argue that not only does this process give us insight into the
technological problems encountered by the British State, but that it functions
as a useful case study on institutional change and gendered labor forces in
technology fields--making the story relevant to current concerns.

You can download a 4MB PDF of the whole dissertation at:
http://duke.edu/~meh20/ (username: dissertation and password: 
mintech928). There
is also a shorter article based on the dissertation linked under the "writing"
page.

Best,
Marie
_________________
Marie Hicks, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
and Managing Editor for the Journal
of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708
meh20 at duke.edu
www.duke.edu/~meh20