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9781558497252

At the Altar of the Bottom Line

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  • ISBN13:

    9781558497252

  • ISBN10:

    1558497250

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-11-30
  • Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Pr

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Summary

Based on extensive interviews with workers in four different industries, this book takes us behind the statistics of the economic collapse and into the lives of Americans who are struggling to make ends meet and support their families. Tom Juravich combines oral history with social and economic analysis to provide a vivid account of the multiple challenges presented in today's workplaces.

Author Biography

Tom Juravich is professor of labor studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. An accomplished musician, he is author of Commonwealth of Toil: Chapters in the History of Massachusetts Workers and Their Unions and editor fo The Future of Work in Massachusetts, both published by the University of Massachusetts Press.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Degradation of Work in the 21st Centuryp. 1
Stressed: Customer Service Representatives at Verizonp. 15
Exploited: Cutting Fish in New Bedfordp. 57
Exhausted: Nursing at Boston Medicalp. 107
Abandoned: The Closing of Jones Beloitp. 145
Conclusion: Beyond the Altar of the Bottom Linep. 183
Appendix: On Workplace Ethnographyp. 199
Notesp. 205
Referencesp. 209
Acknowledgmentsp. 227
Indexp. 229
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