ISBN:
9781474224475
,
9781474224482
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 265 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als McDowell, Linda, 1949 - Migrant women's voices
DDC:
304.84100904
Keywords:
Immigrants Employment
;
Women Employment
;
Women migrant labor
;
Immigrants / Employment / Great Britain Women / Employment / Great Britain
;
Women migrant labor / Great Britain
;
Great Britain / Emigration and immigration / History / 20th century
;
Immigrants
;
Women
;
Women migrant labor
;
Great Britain Emigration and immigration 20th century
;
History
;
Great Britain
;
Englisch
;
Einwanderin
;
Migrantenliteratur
;
Geschichte 1945-2015
Abstract:
Between 1945 and the new century millions of women, including mothers and migrants, joined the labour force. These changes are brought to life through the stories of migrant women, working in factories and hospitals, banks, care homes, shops and universities over a period of 60 years. Migrant Women's Voices is an autobiography of the post-war period as Britain became a multi-cultural society and waged work the norm for most women. McDowell illustrates the shift in migration patterns as post-imperial migrants to the UK replaced the immediate post-war pattern of migrants from war-torn Europe and who were then themselves joined by migrants from an increasingly diverse range of countries as the 20th century drew to a close.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 251-258
