{"product_id":"9781444339192","title":"Working Lives Gender, Migration and Employment in Britain, 1945-2007","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRGS-IBG Book Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWorking Lives\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eGender, Migration and Employment in Britain, 1945-2007\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLinda McDowell\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Demography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA first-rate example of theoretically located empirical analysis of labour market change in contemporary Britain\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes compelling case studies that combine historical documentation of social change with fascinating first-hand accounts of women’s working lives over decades\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntegrates information gleaned from more than two decades of in-depth research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRevealing comparative analysis of the similarities and differences in the lives of immigrant working women in post-war Britain\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures real-life accounts of women’s under-reported experiences of migration\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLinda McDowell\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Oxford. She is a Fellow of St John’s College, where she is the Director of the Research Centre, and a Fellow of the British Academy. Widely published and well-known as a feminist ethnographer of labour and employment, her books include \u003ci\u003eCapital Culture: Gender at Work in the City\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1997), \u003ci\u003eGender, Identity and Place\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eRedundant Masculinities? Employment Change and White Working-Class Youth\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2003), \u003ci\u003eHard Labour\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and \u003ci\u003eWorking Bodies: Interactive Service Employment and Workplace Identities\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 July 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781444339192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e296\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44311057629324,"sku":"9781444339192","price":87.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781444339192.jpg?v=1780283667","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781444339192","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}