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

• 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.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781118349243; 1118349245; 9781118349236; 1118349237; 9781118349250; 1118349253; 9781118349229; 1118349229; 1299559794; 9781299559790
• DOI: 10.1002/9781118349229

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.