Origins of the modern career / edited by David Mitch, John Brown, Marco H.D. van Leeuwen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mitch, David.

Brown, John, 1954-

Leeuwen, Marco H. D. van, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Work--Philosophy.

Work.

Occupations--History.

Occupations.

History.

Professions--History.

Professions.

Physical Description:

xi, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2004]

Contents:

An Introduction to the Study of Careers and their History

1 The History of the Modern Career: An Introduction / John C. Brown, Marco H.D. van Leeuwen, David Mitch 3

2 An Economic Perspective on Career Formation / Laura J. Owen 42

3 The Use of Event-History-Analysis in Career Research / Ineke Maas 56

Part I The Creation of Formal and Informal Structures

4 Constructing the Modern Career, 1840-1940 / Andrew Miles, Mike Savage 79

5 Job Stability and Career Opportunities in the Work-Life History of Policemen in Victorian and Edwardian England / Haia Shpayer-Makov 101

6 Trade Unions and Employment Stability at the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1903-1929 / Mary MacKinnon 126

7 Career Making at Pullman: Employment Stability and Job Mobility for Railroad Repair Shop Workers, 1915-1970 / Susan Eleanor Hirsch, Janice L. Reiff 145

8 Skilled Work and Labour Careers in the Argentine Printing Industry, 1880-1930 / Maria Silvia Badoza 164

Part II The Influence of Gender

9 Small Business, Self-Employment and Women's Work-Life Choices in Nineteenth Century London / Alison C. Kay 191

10 The Careers of Female Graduates of Cambridge University, 1920s-1970s / Pat Thane 207

Part III The Influence of Industrialization and Economic Modernization

11 Occupational Careers of the Total Male Labour Force during Industrialization: The Example of Nineteenth-century Sweden / Ineke Maas, Marco H.D. van Leeuwen 227

12 Working Class Careers: On-the-Job Experience and Career Formation in Munich, 1895-1910 / John C. Brown, Gerhard Neumeier 259

13 Agricultural Labour as a Career: Norfolk Farm Workers in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries / David Mitch 279

14 Factory Work and arrangiarsi alla canesca. Professional Careers of the Saffat's Steelworkers from 1900 to the 1929 Crisis / Paolo Raspadori 303

15 Career Patterns in the British Chemical Profession during the Twentieth Century / Robin Mackie, Gerrylynn K. Roberts 317.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0754634965

OCLC:

54542796