"Sweeping the heavens for a comet": Women, the language of political economy, and higher education in the US

Feminist Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 625-640

  May, Ann Mari ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender and science; History of higher education; Political economy; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750846296     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700600885321     Document Type: Review

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