Women on the line

Presents an ethnographic classic of the work in a British motor components factory. Recording the experience of migrant women from Ireland, the Caribbean, and the Indian subcontinent with the immediacy of a diary, this title provides an account of the daily routines of repetitive work, and the tempo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Glucksmann, Miriam (Author), Cavendish, Ruth , 1946 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge , c2009
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Online Access:Table of contents only

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505 0 |a 1. A factory job -- 2. The company -- 3. Jobs on the line -- 4. Getting to know the women -- 5. The division of labour -- 6. The dictatorship of production -- 7.Bonus and wages -- 8. The union and the dispute -- 9. What to make of it? 
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