A dentist and a gentleman : gender and the rise of dentistry in Ontario / Tracey L. Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Tracey Lynn, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dentistry--Ontario--History.

Dentistry.

Dentistry--Social aspects--Ontario.

Sexual division of labor--Ontario--History.

Sexual division of labor.

Women dentists--Ontario--History.

Women dentists.

Ontario.

Canada.

Medical Subjects:

Canada.

Genre:

Livres numeriques.

History.

e-books.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Canada] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At one time considered a trade, dentistry gradually evolved and attained professional status, structured in such a way as to recruit middle-class white men; by definition, a professional was a gentleman. A unique and fascinating social history.

Contents:

Preface

1 Dentistry, Gender, and Profession Creation

2 The Rise of the Dental Profession in Ontario

3 Defining Dentistry

4 Enforcing the Dental Ideal

5 Professional Status, Ideology, and Gender: Dentistry 1900-1918

6 Public Health, Public Education, Public Image

7 Gender and the Division of Dental Labour

8 On Becoming a Dentist: Dental Students 1903-1917

9 Women in Dentistry

Conclusion

Appendix 1 Historical Sources

Appendix 2 Women as a Percentage of Practitioners in Selected Male-Dominated Professions in Ontario, 1911-1996

Notes.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-03371-9

9786612033711

1-4426-7029-0

OCLC:

666916284