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Working lives : gender, migration and employment in Britain, 1945-2007 / Linda McDowell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McDowell, Linda, 1949-
- Series:
- RGS-IBG book series.
- RGS-IBG book series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women foreign workers--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Women foreign workers.
- Women immigrants--Employment--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Women immigrants.
- Women immigrants--Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century.
- Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects--History--20th century.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects--History--20th century.
- Great Britain--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Great Britain--Social conditions--1945-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013.
- Summary:
- Full of unique and compelling insights into the working lives of migrant women in the UK, this book draws on more than two decades of in-depth research to explore the changing nature of women's employment in post-war Britain. A first-rate example of theoretically located empirical analysis of labour market change in contemporary Britain Includes compelling case studies that combine historical documentation of social change with fascinating first-hand accounts of women's working lives over decades Integrates information gleaned from more than two decades of in-depth
- Contents:
- Chapter1 leaving home: migration and working lives
- Gendering labour geographies and histories
- The transformation of Britain
- Post-war reconstruction, 1945-1951
- Coming home: the heart of empire, 1948-1968
- Years of struggle, 1968-1979
- Privilege and inequality, 1979-1997
- Back to the future: diversity and precarious labour, 1997-2007
- Full circle, 1945-2007.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9781118349229
- 1118349229
- 9781118349250
- 1118349253
- 9781118349243
- 1118349245
- OCLC:
- 842881884
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