{"product_id":"working-lives-9781444339185","title":"Working Lives","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A compelling and comprehensive analysis of how gender, ethnicity, and class intersect within the labor market. McDowell’s feminist theoretical lens allows her to investigate and problematize the ways that migrant women are often marginalized and normalized as docile and apolitical. Furthermore, her careful and detailed use of migrant women’s narratives brings great empirical depth to the book. Within studies of migration, labor, and gender, McDowell’s book is an important contribution to the literature on international migration. It offers a detailed historical examination of migrant women in the United Kingdom and is a rich example of how a critical feminist approach can allow us to investigate the marginalization of migrants and normalization of gender issues.”  (\u003ci\u003eThe International Migration Review,\u003c\/i\u003e Summer 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“It remains that Working Li\u003ci\u003ev\u003c\/i\u003ees is undoubtedly a remarkable achievement and will remain for the foreseeable future a key text for anyone interested in the history of migrant women and migrants more generally in post-war Britain.”  (\u003ci\u003eOral History\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 May 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“In what is a very refreshing contrast to many of the more recent accounts of immaterial labor, which tend to focus on the highly skilled and well-paid sectors of the labor market and, to a great extent, on an undifferentiated image of the postindustrial worker, McDowell foregrounds the actual laboring bodies of migrant women, marked as they are by gender, skin color, nationality, class, ethnicity, and other signs of difference.”  \u003ci\u003e (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eEconomic Geography\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 January 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates and above.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 February 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview appeared in Times Higher Education - 10 October 2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“McDowell provides intriguing, important insights into the female immigrant experience, drawing selectively on interviews with sections of this complex shifting population.  It is too diverse an experience to survey comprehensively in a short book, but it whets my appetite for a fuller version that draws on all of the interviews she conducted.”  (\u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e, 10 October 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures and Tables viii  \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface: Leaving Home and Looking for Work xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One Migration and Mobilities 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Leaving Home: Migration and Working Lives 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Gendering Labour Geographies and Histories 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Transformation of Britain 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two Out to Work: Embodied Genealogies 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Post-war Reconstruction, 1945–1951 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Coming Home: The Heart of Empire, 1948–1968 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Years of Struggle, 1968–1979 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Privilege and Inequality, 1979–1997 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Back to the Future: Diversity and Precarious Labour, 1997–2007 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Full Circle, 1945–2007 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Post-war Legislation 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 263\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49530087965015,"sku":"9781444339185","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444339185.jpg?v=1731878022","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/working-lives-9781444339185","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}