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Working lives: gender, migration and employment in Britain, 1945-2007

By Linda , McDowell

Book information

Publisher
wiley blackwell
Year
2013
ISBN
9781444339192, 9781444339185, 9781118349229, 1118349229, 9781118349236, 1118349237, 9781118349243, 1118349245, 9781118349250, 1118349253, 9781299559790, 1299559794
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1475437 bytes)
Series
RGS-IBG book series
Pages
\290
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Labor;POLITICAL SCIENCE--Lab

Description

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.;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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