Working lives : gender, migration and employment in Britain, 1945-2007 / / Linda McDowell
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| Autore: |
McDowell Linda <1949->
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| Titolo: |
Working lives : gender, migration and employment in Britain, 1945-2007 / / Linda McDowell
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| Pubblicazione: | Chichester, West Sussex, : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 331.4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Women foreign workers - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
| Immigrant women - Employment - Great Britain - History - 20th century | |
| Immigrant women - Great Britain - Social conditions - 20th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | 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- | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Working lives |
| ISBN: | 1-118-34922-9 |
| 1-118-34925-3 | |
| 1-118-34924-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808128203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
RGS-IBG book series.