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From Textile Mills to Taxi Ranks: Experiences of Migration, Labour and Social Change: Experiences of Migration, Labour and Social Change - Couverture rigide

Kalra, Virinda

 
9781138715448: From Textile Mills to Taxi Ranks: Experiences of Migration, Labour and Social Change: Experiences of Migration, Labour and Social Change
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ISBN 10 : 1138715441 ISBN 13 : 9781138715448
Editeur : Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

This title was first published in 2000: Contemporary academic studies on economic activity and South Asians in Britain have tended to concentrate on self-employment and entrepreneurial business success, and it may be possible to forget that many South Asians came to Britain to work in declining manufacturing industries. The phrase "from textile mills to taxi ranks" is not only a metonym for the movement to a service sector economy, but also presents a shift in place of work for many (Azad) Kahmiri/Pakistani men. The author explores the way in which issues of employment, work, income generation and economic status affect, and are affected by, a section of the Mirpuri/Pakistani "community" based in Oldham. The men discussed have strong emotional, spiritual and material ties to the geographical district of Mirpur and stories of workers and industry, home and aborad, dreams and realities, merge and entwine with the practices of everyday life.

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Virinda Kalra

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1138715441
ISBN 13 
9781138715448
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
230
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