Descript |
xiv, 279 pages : illustrations |
Contents |
List of Figures and Tables viii Series Editors' Preface x Preface: Leaving Home and Looking for Work xi Part One Migration and Mobilities 1 1 Leaving Home: Migration and Working Lives 3 2 Gendering Labour Geographies and Histories 19 3 The Transformation of Britain 51 Part Two Out to Work: Embodied Genealogies 69 4 Post-war Reconstruction, 1945-1951 71 5 Coming Home: The Heart of Empire, 1948-1968 95 6 Years of Struggle, 1968-1979 128 7 Privilege and Inequality, 1979-1997 157 8 Back to the Future: Diversity and Precarious Labour, 1997-2007 184 9 Full Circle, 1945-2007 213 References 232 Appendix: Post-war Legislation 253 Index 263 |
Note |
200 annual accesses. UkHlHU |
ISBN |
9781118349250 (e-book) |
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9781444339192 (hbk.) |
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9781444339185 (pbk.) |
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