Working lives [electronic resource] : gender, migration and employment in Britain, 1945-2007 / Linda McDowell.
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TextSeries: RGS-IBG book seriesPublication details: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013.Description: xiv, 279 pSubject(s): - 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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- HD8398.A2 M2955 2013
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| Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.