TY  - BOOK
AU  - McDowell,Linda
TI  - Working lives: gender, migration and employment in Britain, 1945-2007 
T2  - RGS-IBG book series
SN  - 9781118349243
AV  - HD8398.A2 
U1  - 331.4 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex
PB  - Wiley Blackwell
KW  - Women foreign workers
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Women immigrants
KW  - Employment
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Labor
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Labor & Industrial Relations
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - 1945-
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118349229
ER  -