The historical development of dentistry as a profession in Ontario from the late nineteenth century to the end of the First World War is used as a case study to explore the significance of gender, particularly masculinity, in the formation of professions. Adams argues that gender was central to the establishment of the dental profession. Over time, dentistry developed from being a trade to garnering professional status. The early dentists worked to recruit, and indeed structured the profession in such a way as to recruit, middle-class white men into the profession. Gender and class...
The historical development of dentistry as a profession in Ontario from the late nineteenth century to the end of the First World War is used as a ...
Self-regulation has long been at the core of sociological understandings of what it means to be a 'profession'. However, the historical processes resulting in the formation of self-regulating professions have not been well-understood.
In Regulating Professions, Tracey L. Adams explores the emergence of self-regulating professions in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia from Confederation to 1940. Adams in-depth research reveals the intriguing backstory of those occupations deemed worthy to regulate, such as medicine, law, dentistry, and land surveying, and how...
Self-regulation has long been at the core of sociological understandings of what it means to be a 'profession'. However, the historical processes r...
