Working Lives Work in Britain Since 1945,9781403987679

Working Lives Work in Britain Since 1945

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ISBN13: 9781403987679
ISBN10: 140398767X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2013-07-26
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

A balanced and richly informed survey that investigates how, why and to what degree working lives have been transformed over the last sixty years. McIvor covers themes such as gender, race, class, disability and health in his exploration of how the meaning of employment has been signified by the workers themselves.

Author Biography

Arthur McIvor is a leading historian of work. He lecturers in history at the University of Strathclyde.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Employment Patterns and Inequalities
2. The Meanings of Work
3. A Man's World?
4. The Colour Bar
5. Bodies
6. Representation and Resistance
7. Loss
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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