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



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Autore: McDowell Linda <1949-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Working lives [[electronic resource] ] : gender, migration and employment in Britain, 1945-2007 / / Linda McDowell Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013
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  Visualizza cluster
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.: 9910141606203321
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Serie: RGS-IBG book series.