Roepke Lecture in Economic Geography-The Lives of Others: Body Work, the Production of Difference, and Labor Geographies

Economic Geography

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-23

  Mcdowell, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caring; Economic transformation; Gender; Migration; Post war decades; Service employment

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; DEINDUSTRIALIZATION; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC THEORY; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER; LABOR MARKET; MIGRATION; POST-WAR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84920924650     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: 19448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecge.12070     Document Type: Article

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