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1	Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich add to wishlist In this study of America's minimum wage workers, the author explains how she went under cover several times, taking on different low-wage positions, to determine how adults who lack higher education survive. After working at Wal-Mart and as a waitress, she concluded that the working poor should be afforded more health care, housing assistance, and ... see all copies from £1.25! new only from £3.37! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich (Editor), Arlie Hochschild (Editor) add to wishlist In a remarkable pairing, two renowned social critics offer a groundbreaking anthology that examines the unexplored consequences of globalization on the lives of women worldwide. see all copies from £2.24! new only from £4.37! \| first editions
3	For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts Advice to Women more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English add to wishlist The authors present provocative new perspectives on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other. see all copies from £4.46! new only from £6.96!
4	Witches, Midwives, & Nurses: A History of Women Healers more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English add to wishlist Women have always been healers, and medicine has always been an arena of struggle between female lay practitioners and male professionals. This book explores two important phases in the male takeover of health care: the suppression of witches in medieval Europe and the rise of the male medical profession in the United States. see all copies from £2.62! new only from £2.62! \| first editions
5	Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich add to wishlist A philosophical inquiry into the origins and motivation of war. Ehrenreich, a biologist at Rockefeller University, considers the urge to war to be rooted in primitive drives toward blood sacrifice and hunting. see all copies from £4.77! new only from £8.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich add to wishlist After writing about her dispiriting experiences as a member of the working poor in NICKEL AND DIMED, Barbara Ehrenreich sets out to get a job in the corporate world. What she gets is a job search, rather than a job, as she finds out that getting a job can be real work. "Barbara Alexander" (Ehrenreich's undercover name) spends months with all ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich add to wishlist From a bestselling social commentator and cultural historian comes a fascinating exploration of one of humanity's oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy expressed in ecstatic revels of feasting, costuming, and dancing. see all copies from £2.96! new only from £2.96! \| first editions
8	This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich add to wishlist In her first work of satirical commentary, "The Worst Years of Our Lives," Barbara Ehrenreich skewered the Reagan era. Now she brilliantly dissects one of the cruelest decades in memory-the 2000s-in which she finds a nation scarred by deepening inequality, corroded by distrust, and shamed by its official cruelty. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.45! \| first editions
9	Complaints and Disorders: The Sexual Politics of Sickness more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English add to wishlist In this sequel to their underground bestseller "Witches, Midwives, and Nurses", Ehrenreich and English document the tradition of American sexism in medicine before and after the turn of the century. Citing numerous 'treatments' and 'rest cures' perpetrated on women through the decades, they analyze the biomedical rationales used to justify sex ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.76! \| first editions
10	The Hearts of Men: American Dreams and the Flight from Commitment more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich add to wishlist An explanation of recent sexual culture and the loosening of marriage bonds over the past 20 years. see all copies from £1.48! new only from £8.73! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich add to wishlist In the tradition of The Lonely Crowd, this startlingly bold and controversial book dissects the inner life of America's largest sociaal stratum. Ehrenreich exposes the prejudices that influence middle-class attitudes and reveals the enormous power the middle class wields over our culture and our very image as a peple. see all copies from £5.58! new only from £25.82! \| first editions
12 view cover	Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich add to wishlist With the mythbusting powers for which she is acclaimed, Ehrenreich exposes the downside of America's penchant for positive thinking. On a personal level, it leads to self-blame; on a national level, it's ushered in an era of irrational optimism resulting in disaster. This is Ehrenreich at her provocative best. see all copies from £10.92! new only from £10.92! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Ralph Nader Reader more books like this by Ralph Nader, Barbara Ehrenreich (Foreword by) add to wishlist This collection of essays, speeches, and other writings spans Nader's several-decades-long career from crusader to third party candidate for the presidency of the United States. It includes his articles for the Nation on the automobile industry, his investigations into the special favors granted to corporations by government, and his dismay at the ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £8.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Our Media, Not Theirs: The Democratic Struggle Against Corporate Media more books like this by Robert Waterman McChesney, John Nichols, Barbara Ehrenreich (Foreword by) add to wishlist McChesney and Nicols argue that the U.S. news media needs to be saved by the people it was intended to benefit, namely the public. They claim that corporate interests have corroded the industry beyond its capacity to be helpful and that control must be returned to (or seized by) the people at the local level, lest it continue to subvert notions of ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
15 view cover	Field Guide to the Global Economy more books like this by Sarah Anderson, John Cavanagh, Barbara Ehrenreich (Foreword by) add to wishlist Highly illustrated with charts, graphs, and political cartoons, this field guide makes international economy comprehensible for everyone and reveals the harmful effects of corporate-driven globalization. 56 illustrations. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.17! \| first editions
16 view cover	One of the Guys: Women as Aggressors and Torturers more books like this by Tara McKelvey (Editor), Barbara Ehrenreich (Foreword by) add to wishlist The debate about women and torture has, until recently, focused on women as victims of violence. But when photographs were released from the Abu Ghraib prisoner-abuse scandal, one featured Lynndie England holding a prisoner by a dog leash. Overnight, she became a symbol of women's capacity to inflict pain and suffering and soon, many in America ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £7.48!
17 view cover	For Her Own Good: 150 Years of the Experts' Advice to Women more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich add to wishlist A provocative new perspective on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £13.43! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	The Snarling Citizen more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61! new only from £12.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Nickel and Dimed: Undercover in Low-Wage America by Barbara Ehrenreich add to wishlist Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty level wages. Journalist Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them in order to find out how anyone survives on six dollars an hour. So began a gruelling, hair-raising and darkly funny odyssey though the underworld of working America. see all copies from £5.24! new only from £5.24!
20 view cover	The Snarling Citizen: Essays more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich add to wishlist A collection of outspoken essays by liberal pundit Barbara Ehrenreich. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £8.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
21	Worst Years of Our Lives more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich add to wishlist A funny, sharp, irreverent look at the decade that gave new meaning to greed, reaction, anti-feminism, political cowardice and religious frenzy--the long-awaited collection of Barbara Ehrenreich's controversial and much talked about essays. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Power Trip: U.S. Unilateralism and Global Strategy After September 11 more books like this by John Feffer (Editor), Barbara Ehrenreich (Preface by), Mr. Ahmed Rashid add to wishlist Essays critiquing the fundamental shift in U.S. foreign policy to unilateralism cover such topics as the domestic impact of post-9/11 policies on spending priorities and civil liberties and the new military strategy of the Bush administration. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.17! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Four Freedoms Under Siege: The Clear and Present Danger from Our National Security State more books like this by Marcus Raskin, Robert Spero, Barbara Ehrenreich (Foreword by) add to wishlist This book demonstrates that the assault on our freedoms pre-dates the 9/11 attacks. It skewers both major political parties. New afterword updates true cost of Bush's wars. FDR's Four Freedoms - Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear - were presented to the American people in his 1941 State of the Union ... see all copies from £6.36! new only from £12.90!
24	The Worst Years of Our Lives: Irreverent Notes from a Decade of Greed more books like this by Barbara Ehrenreich add to wishlist see all copies from £4.98! new only from £25.43! \| first editions
25 view cover	Lost Ground: Welfare Reform, Poverty and Beyond more books like this by Randy Albelda (Editor), Professor Ann Withorn (Editor), Barbara Ehrenreich (Preface by) add to wishlist This who's who of social scientists and activists takes on welfare reform and suggests other strategies to end poverty. 2002 marks the fifth anniversary of federal welfare reform in the US, and politicians and human rights advocates will soon be debating the re-authorisation of new requirements for poor women and families receiving aid. This ... see all copies from £6.20! new only from £9.34! \| first editions

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