Gender and the dismal science : women in the early years of the economics profession / Ann Mari May.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

May, Ann Mari, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Economic conditions.

Women.

Women--Employment--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Columbia University Press, [2022]

Summary:

This book is a groundbreaking account of the role of women during the formative years of American economics. Blending rich historical detail with extensive empirical data, Ann Mari May examines the structural and institutional factors that excluded women, from graduate education to academic publishing to university hiring practices.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Current Challenges, Historical Origins

2. The Political Economy of Gender in the Halls of Ivy

3. A Liminal Space: Graduate Training in the Dismal Science

4. A Membership Beyond the Professoriate

5. A Natural Constituency

6. The Trade in Words: Gender and the Monograph

7. Trouble in the Inaugural Issue of the American Economic Review: The Monograph and the Review

8. Gender, the Old Boy Network, and the Scholarly Journal

9. Not a Free Market: Women's Employment After the Doctorate

10. A Destiny Fulfilled: Defining the Professional Economist

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: May, Ann Mari Gender and the Dismal Science

ISBN:

9780231550048

0231550049

OCLC:

1328134197