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

Working lives : gender, migration and employment in Britain, 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 l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McDowell, Linda, 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2013.
Series:RGS-IBG book series.
Subjects:
Women foreign workers > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Women immigrants > Employment > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Women immigrants > Great Britain > Social conditions > 20th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
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-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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505 0 |a 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. 
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