Hardest Times

by Cottle, Thomas J.

• ISBN13: 9781558494152
• ISBN10: 1558494154
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Pr

Summary

A sobering look at what happens to men--and their families--who are unemployed for six months or longer.

Author Biography

Thomas J. Cottle is professor of education at Boston University. His articles have appeared in the Atlantic, Harpers, the New Republic, as well as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, USA Today, Philadelphia Inquirer, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Mr. Housewife U. S. A.: Kenneth Hawkins	p. 51
You Work Nine to Five or You're Dead: George Wilkinson	p. 71
They Want Me to Be Invisible: Peter Rosenbloom	p. 89
A One-in-a-Million Chance to Earn a Living: Ollie Sindon	p. 105
Never Dreamed It Would Get This Bad: Cyrus Mullen	p. 127
Only One Thing in Life That Matters and That's Working Steady: Cleveland Wilkes; Jeremiah Kelser; and Eddie Harrington, Jr.	p. 145
Shame Like Nobody Could Know: William Leominster; Aaron Donane; and Jack Blum	p. 171
After Unraveling, a Better Outcome: Gabriel Forman	p. 191
The Shame of Unemployment	p. 225
The Trauma of Unemployment	p. 253
Epilogue	p. 283
Bibliography	p. 289
Index	p. 307
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