Working Lives – Gender, Migration and Employment in Britain, 1945–2007
Seiten
2013
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Hersteller)
978-1-118-34922-9 (ISBN)
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Hersteller)
978-1-118-34922-9 (ISBN)
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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
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
Linda McDowell is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Oxford. She is a Fellow of St John's College, where she is the Director of the Research Centre, and a Fellow of the British Academy. Widely published and well-known as a feminist ethnographer of labour and employment, her books include Capital Culture: Gender at Work in the City (Blackwell, 1997), Gender, Identity and Place (1999), Redundant Masculinities? Employment Change and White Working-Class Youth (Blackwell, 2003), Hard Labour (2005) and Working Bodies: Interactive Service Employment and Workplace Identities (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.4.2013 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 150 x 250 mm |
| Gewicht | 666 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-118-34922-9 / 1118349229 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-118-34922-9 / 9781118349229 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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