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Working lives : gender, migration and employment in Britain, 1945-2007 / Linda McDowell.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: RGS-IBG book seriesPublisher: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2013Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781118349243
  • 1118349245
  • 9781118349236
  • 1118349237
  • 9781118349250
  • 1118349253
  • 9781118349229
  • 1118349229
  • 1299559794
  • 9781299559790
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Working lives.DDC classification:
  • 331.4 23
LOC classification:
  • HD8398.A2
Online resources:
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.
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 BritainIncludes compelling case studies that combine historical documentation of social change with fascinating first-hand accounts of women's working lives over decadesIntegrates information gleaned from more than two decades of in-dept.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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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 BritainIncludes compelling case studies that combine historical documentation of social change with fascinating first-hand accounts of women's working lives over decadesIntegrates information gleaned from more than two decades of in-dept.