Working lives : gender, migration and employment in Britain, 1945-2007
McDowell, Linda
Working lives : gender, migration and employment in Britain, 1945-2007 by Linda McDowell - Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, ©2013 - xiv, 279 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: Migration and mobiliies Part 2: Out to work: embodied genealogies
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 BritainIncludes compelling case studies that combine historical documentation of social change with fascinating first-hand accounts of women's working lives over decadesIntegrates information gleaned from more than two decades of in-dept.
9781444339185
Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects
Political Science-- Labor & Industrial Relations
Demography
331.4 / MCD-W
Working lives : gender, migration and employment in Britain, 1945-2007 by Linda McDowell - Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, ©2013 - xiv, 279 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: Migration and mobiliies Part 2: Out to work: embodied genealogies
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 BritainIncludes compelling case studies that combine historical documentation of social change with fascinating first-hand accounts of women's working lives over decadesIntegrates information gleaned from more than two decades of in-dept.
9781444339185
Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects
Political Science-- Labor & Industrial Relations
Demography
331.4 / MCD-W