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Working Lives

Work in Britain Since 1945

Arthur McIvor author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:12th Jul '13

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"McIvor offers a broad perspective of the effects of the changes in the British economy on the daily lives of working people since WWII. Exhbiting an exemplary grasp of the secondary literature, McIvor delves deeply into the meaning of work and its associated values and ideals; its differential experience among men, women, immigrant groups, and the disabled; the effects of work on both the body and the mind; and, finally, the experience of unemployment and retirement." - Choice "This book will be a valuable addition for students and scholars of twentieth-century working lives and will undoubtedly be cited as a key text. It is a sensitive, balanced and richly informed survey." - Sheila Blackburn, University of Liverpool, UK "A comprehensive, thoroughly researched text, that makes excellent use of oral history transcripts." - Alan Booth, University of Exeter, UK

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.A balanced and richly informed survey that investigates how, why and to what degree working lives have been transformed over the last 60 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.

"McIvor offers a broad perspective of the effects of the changes in the British economy on the daily lives of working people since WWII. Exhbiting an exemplary grasp of the secondary literature, McIvor delves deeply into the meaning of work and its associated values and ideals; its differential experience among men, women, immigrant groups, and the disabled; the effects of work on both the body and the mind; and, finally, the experience of unemployment and retirement." - Choice "This book will be a valuable addition for students and scholars of twentieth-century working lives and will undoubtedly be cited as a key text. It is a sensitive, balanced and richly informed survey." - Sheila Blackburn, University of Liverpool, UK "A comprehensive, thoroughly researched text, that makes excellent use of oral history transcripts." - Alan Booth, University of Exeter, UK

ISBN: 9781403987679

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 413g

360 pages