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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
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Barbara Ehrenreich
The "New York Times" bestseller, and one of the most talked about books of the year, Ni"ckel and Dimed" has already become a classic of undercover reportage.Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages, and one day Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised ...
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Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
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Barbara Ehrenreich
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 ...
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The Working Poor: Invisible in America
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David K Shipler
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Arab and Jew" comes a new book that presents a searing, intimate portrait of working American families struggling against insurmountable odds to escape poverty.
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Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
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Dave Von Drehle
Historian David Von Drehle revisits the March 25, 1911, Triangle shirtwaist fire in New York City, in which 146 workers who were locked in a sweatshop were killed. The public was horrified, and the event became a force for significant change in labor laws and caused a realignment in NYC politics. The author examines the event and its aftermath, ...
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Analyzing Performance Problems or You Really Oughta Wanna
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Robert F Mager, Peter Pipe
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Working
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Studs Terkel
A national treasure, radio legend Studs Terkel first made his name in his home town of Chicago, conducting tens of thousands of radio interviews over several decades. (He even interviewed Bob Dylan in the early '60s.) In WORKING, Terkel lets the tape roll as people talk about their jobs--an oral history approach which, though he did not invent it, ...
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Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939
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Lizabeth Cohen
This book examines how it was possible and what it meant for ordinary factory workers to become effective unionists and national political participants by the mid-1930s. We follow Chicago workers as they make choices about whether to attend ethnic benefit society meetings or to go to the movies, whether to shop in local neighborhood stores or ...
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Making of the English Working Class
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Edward P Thompson
E. P. Thompson examines the period from 1870 to 1932, when historical forces and processes, including the Industrial Revolution, brought about the working class as a separate and identifiable group in England.
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Division of Labor in Society
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Emile Durkheim
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The Labor Relations Process
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William H Holley
THE LABOR RELATIONS PROCESS, 9th Edition provides you with the latest information available on current research, issues and events in labor relations. To bring this dynamic field to life, the book integrates real-world examples and quotes from practitioners. This comprehensive text examines the labor movement from its inception to current and ...
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Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself
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Daniel H Pink
Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, it has been the organizing principle of society: people are what they do. But at the dawning of the new millennium, Americans are waking up to the fact that commitment to a traditional corporate structure does not guarantee personal validation or financial security. In what is one of the fastest growing ...
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The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage
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Alexandra Harney
"Financial Times" correspondent Harney uncovers the truth about how China is able to offer such amazingly low prices. What she has discovered is a brutal world in which intense pricing pressure from Western companies exacts an unconscionable toll in human misery.
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Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream
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Bruce Watson
A key episode in American labor history, the 1912 strike by textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts was violent and bloody, and many immigrant workers died. Yet it is seen as a victory for labor, as eventually the owners capitulated to the workers' demands for improved salaries and working conditions. Historian Bruce Watson explains the ...
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Labor Relations: Development, Structure, Processes
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John A Fossum
John Fossum's "Labor Relations: Development, Structure, Processes" discusses the history and development of labor relations, the structure of union organizations, union organizing and union avoidance, bargaining issues, and the process of negotiations and contract administration. As a result of decreasing union membership over the last twenty ...
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Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy
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Ronald G Ehrenberg
Providing an extensive survey of labour economics, including current and classic research, this new edition develops the modern theory of labour market behaviour, summarizes empirical evidence that supports or contradicts each hypothesis, and illlustrates in detail the usefulness of various theories for public policy analysis. By showing the ...
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State of the Unions: How Labor Can Strengthen the Middle Class, Improve Our Economy, and Regain Political Influence
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Philip M Dine
This title presents a riveting portrait of the decline of the labor movement and why its unraveling will dramatically impact America's economy, politics, and way of life. From teachers and health care workers to civil service employees, union membership makes up 12.5 per cent of America's workforce - a much smaller number than when unions were at ...
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Occupational Outlook Handbook
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United States Department of Labor (Compiled by)
The Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) has come a long way since its first edition in the 1940s -- replete with positions fueled by a wartime economy. One thing has not changed, however: For more than 50 years, the OOH has been respected as the job seeker's number one source of critical decision-making information. From aerospace engineer to ...
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International Human Rights in Context: Law, Politics, Morals: Text and Materials
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Henry Steiner, Philip Alston
The third edition of International Human Rights in Context continues to bring sophisticated and thought-provoking analysis to the study of human rights within its wider social and cultural context. This widely acclaimed interdisciplinary coursebook presents a diverse range of carefully edited primary and secondary materials alongside extensive ...
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The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences
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Louis Uchitelle
Award-winning reporter Uchitelle offers an eye-opening account of layoffs in America--how they started, their questionable necessity, and their devastating psychological impact on individuals at all income levels. He shows how layoffs are in fact counterproductive, rarely promoting efficiency or profitability in the long term.
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Capital
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Karl Marx
In the world of books, there are hundreds of timeless classics. But only one collection of great works is a classic in itself - "Britannica's Great Books". This 60-volume set brings you centuries of celebrated writings from the greatest minds of all time, including Plato, Shakespeare, Swift, Freud, Hemingway and Twain. "Britannica's Great Books" ...
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Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life
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Marc Freedman, Alex Harris (Photographer)
As the baby-boomers reach retirement age, this timely book examines why millions of sixty-somethings are choosing to carry on working. The Baby Boomers - the generation born in the post-war years - are heading into their golden years. But instead of the old dream of 'freedom from work', increasing numbers are choosing the freedom to work - in new ...
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Labor Economics
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George J Borjas
George Borjas' well-received text blends coverage of traditional topics with modern theory and developments into a superb "Labor Economics" book. The Fourth Edition builds on the features and concepts that made the first three editions successful, updating and adding new content to keep the text on the cusp of recent events in the "Labor Economics ...
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The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker
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Steven Greenhouse
"The Big Squeeze" takes a probing, sometimes shocking look at the stresses faced by an alarming number of American workers--white- and blue-collar, middle- and low-income--as wages have stagnated, health and pension benefits have grown stingier, and job security has shriveled.
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Coyotes: A Journey Across Borders with America's Illegal Migrants
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Ted Conover
The compelling adventure of a young writer who poses as a Mexican wetback to discover the hardships, fear and camaraderie of illegal aliens crossing the border to work in the United States.
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Labor Relations
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Arthur A Sloane
"Labor Relations," the most accurate, readable, timely, and valuable book of its kind on the market, provides readers with a basic understanding of unionism in its natural habitat and a fundamental appreciation of the union-management process. It focuses on the negotiation and administration of labor agreements, and emphasizes the more significant ...
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