Working Lives

Working Lives Gender, Migration and Employment in Britain, 1945-2007 - RGS-IBG Book Series

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Publisher's Synopsis

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

Book information

ISBN: 9781444339192
Publisher: Wiley
Imprint: Wiley Blackwell
Pub date:
DEWEY: 331.4
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xiv, 279
Weight: 508g
Height: 238mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 18mm