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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

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"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." (The International Migration Review, Summer 2015)

"It remains that Working Lives 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." (Oral History, 1 May 2015)

"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." (Economic Geography, 1 January 2015)

"Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." (Choice, 1 February 2014)

Review appeared in Times Higher Education - 10 October 2013

"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." (Times Higher Education, 10 October 2013)

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'In this rich book, Linda McDowell writes an important history of the changing nature of work in Britain over the last 60 years through the experience and eyes of immigrant women. There are not many books that bring together the trials, hopes and achievements of various generations of working women from East Europe, the Caribbean and East Africa, and fewer still that rethink British labour market history on the basis of the evidence gathered. A very fine piece of scholarship.'
Ash Amin, University of Cambridge

'An insightful and well-researched study of post second world war women's migration into Britain, exploring the interplay between their changing self-understanding, patterns of work and gender identity. The unusual and original angle of analysis yields many a novel conclusion and makes the book indispensable.'
Bhikku Parekh, University of Westminster and House of Lords

Full of unique and compelling insights into the working lives of migrant women in the UK, this book explores the changing nature of women's employment in post-war Britain. Seen through the eyes of those arriving and seeking work since 1945, the author's analysis of working patterns is based on many hours of interviews with female textile workers, hospital domestics, nurses, automotive workers, photo print packers, bankers, doctors, cleaners, nannies and agricultural workers.

The volume uses these first-hand accounts to track social changes in the UK up to 2007, combining theory and analysis of empirical data to provide a cogent analysis of the characteristics of the labour market in contemporary Britain. Linda McDowell sets the vivid details of women's lives in the context of far-reaching changes in the country's employment landscape and immigrant regulatory framework since World War II. Deploying fresh information gleaned from oral history accumulated over two decades of research, the book is a fascinating survey of the origins of Britain's ethnically diverse population that fuses sociological and geographical analysis to demonstrate how migrant women are viewed by society as suitable workers for particular types of jobs.

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  • PublisherWiley-Blackwell
  • Publication date2013
  • ISBN 10 1444339192
  • ISBN 13 9781444339192
  • BindingHardcover
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