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

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

Linda McDowell

(RGS-IBG book series)

Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

  • : [hbk.]
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-252) and index

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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 research Revealing comparative analysis of the similarities and differences in the lives of immigrant working women in post-war Britain Features real-life accounts of women's under-reported experiences of migration

目次

List of Figures and Tables viii Series Editors' Preface x Preface: Leaving Home and Looking for Work xi Part One Migration and Mobilities 1 1 Leaving Home: Migration and Working Lives 3 2 Gendering Labour Geographies and Histories 19 3 The Transformation of Britain 51 Part Two Out to Work: Embodied Genealogies 69 4 Post-war Reconstruction, 1945-1951 71 5 Coming Home: The Heart of Empire, 1948-1968 95 6 Years of Struggle, 1968-1979 128 7 Privilege and Inequality, 1979-1997 157 8 Back to the Future: Diversity and Precarious Labour, 1997-2007 184 9 Full Circle, 1945-2007 213 References 232 Appendix: Post-war Legislation 253 Index 263

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