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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McDowell, Linda, 1949-
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013.
Series:RGS-IBG book series.
Subjects:
Women foreign workers > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Immigrant women > Employment > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Immigrant women > Great Britain > Social conditions > 20th century.
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-
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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