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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141606203321

Autore

McDowell Linda <1949->

Titolo

Working lives [[electronic resource] ] : gender, migration and employment in Britain, 1945-2007 / / Linda McDowell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013

ISBN

1-118-34922-9

1-118-34925-3

1-118-34924-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Collana

RGS-IBG book series

Disciplina

331.4

Soggetti

Women foreign workers - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Immigrant women - Employment - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Immigrant women - Great Britain - Social conditions - 20th century

Great Britain Emigration and immigration Social aspects History 20th century

Great Britain Emigration and immigration Economic aspects History 20th century

Great Britain Economic conditions 20th century

Great Britain Social conditions 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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