03439nam 2200481z- 450 991050430540332120220111121925.01-912702-63-0(CKB)5590000000629424(EXLCZ)99559000000062942420211102d2021 uy 0engtxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPrecarious professionals gender, identities and social change in modern Britain /Edited By Heidi Egginton, Zoë ThomasLondon Royal Historical Society, Institute of Historical Research, University of London Press[2021]1 online resourceNew Historical Perspectives1-912702-59-2 Paperback version: 9781912702602 Hardback version: 9781912702596 Precarious Professionals uncovers the inequalities and insecurities which lay at the heart of professional life in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Britain. The book challenges conventional categories in the history of work, exploring instead the everyday labour of maintaining a professional identity on the margins of the traditional professions. Situating new historical perspectives on gender at the forefront of their research, the contributors explore how professional cultures could not only define themselves against, but often flourished outside of, the confines of patriarchal codes and structures.Putting the lives of precarious professionals in dialogue with master narratives in modern British history, the chapters in this volume re-evaluate the relationship between professional identity and social change. The collection offers twelve fascinating studies of women and men who held positions in art and science, high culture and popular journalism, private enterprise and public service between the 1840s and the 1960s. From pioneering women lawyers and scientists to ballet dancers, secretaries, historians, humanitarian relief workers, social researchers, and Cold War diplomats, the book reveals that precarity was a thread woven throughout the very fabric of modern professional life, with far-reaching implications for the study of power, privilege, and expertise. Together, these essays enrich our understanding of the histories and mysteries of professional identity and help us to reimagine the future of work in precarious times.New Historical PerspectivesProfessional employeesGreat BritainSocial conditions19th centuryProfessional employeesGreat BritainSocial conditions20th centurySex role in the work environmentGreat BritainHistory19th centurySex role in the work environmentGreat BritainHistory20th centurySocial changeGreat BritainHistory19th centurySocial changeGreat BritainHistory20th centuryProfessional employeesSocial conditionsProfessional employeesSocial conditionsSex role in the work environmentHistorySex role in the work environmentHistorySocial changeHistorySocial changeHistoryEgginton HeidiThomas ZoëBOOK9910504305403321Precarious Professionals2550989UNINA