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Author

McDowell, Linda, 1949-

Title Working lives [electronic resource] : gender, migration and employment in Britain, 1945-2007 / Linda McDowell.

Imprint

Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xiv, 279 p.
Series	RGS-IBG book series
	RGS-IBG book series.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	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-
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9781444339192 (cloth)
	9781444339185 (pbk.)
	9781118349250 (electronic bk.)