Global Cities at Work: New Migrant Divisions of Labour

by Jon May, Joanna Herbert, Jara Evans, et al.

This book is about the people who always get taken for granted. The people who clean our offices and trains, care for our elders and change the sheets on the bed. Global Cities at Work draws on testimony collected from more than 800 foreign-born workers employed in low-paid jobs in London during the early years of the new century. Global Cities at Work breaks new ground in linking London's new migrant division of labour to the twin processes of subcontracting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745327982
• ISBN13: 9780745327983
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 9.0"