The Resource Working in the shadows : a year of doing the jobs (most) Americans won't do, Gabriel Thompson
Working in the shadows : a year of doing the jobs (most) Americans won't do, Gabriel Thompson
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The item Working in the shadows : a year of doing the jobs (most) Americans won't do, Gabriel Thompson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "What does it mean to work in the forgotten America where millions toil in the shadow of prosperity? What is the daily reality of life for a factory worker or field hand? To find out, award-winning journalist Gabriel Thompson spent a year working alongside America's invisible poor--citizens and immigrants alike--all of whom endure backbreaking work, miniscule wages, and nonexistent benefits in their struggle to make ends meet"--Page 2 of cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 298 pages
- Contents
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- Part one: Salad days (January-March), Yuma, Arizona
- Part two: Speaking Quiché in the heart of Dixie (June-August), Russellville, Alabama
- Part three: Flowers and food (October-December), New York, New York
- Isbn
- 9781568584089
- Label
- Working in the shadows : a year of doing the jobs (most) Americans won't do
- Title
- Working in the shadows
- Title remainder
- a year of doing the jobs (most) Americans won't do
- Statement of responsibility
- Gabriel Thompson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "What does it mean to work in the forgotten America where millions toil in the shadow of prosperity? What is the daily reality of life for a factory worker or field hand? To find out, award-winning journalist Gabriel Thompson spent a year working alongside America's invisible poor--citizens and immigrants alike--all of whom endure backbreaking work, miniscule wages, and nonexistent benefits in their struggle to make ends meet"--Page 2 of cover
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thompson, Gabriel
- Dewey number
- 331.6/20973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HD6300
- LC item number
- .T48 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Labor supply
- Labor market
- Foreign workers
- Immigrants
- Immigrants
- Minimum wage
- Label
- Working in the shadows : a year of doing the jobs (most) Americans won't do, Gabriel Thompson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-295)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part one: Salad days (January-March), Yuma, Arizona -- Part two: Speaking Quiché in the heart of Dixie (June-August), Russellville, Alabama -- Part three: Flowers and food (October-December), New York, New York
- Control code
- ocn316825677
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 298 pages
- Isbn
- 9781568584089
- Lccn
- 2009032055
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o316825677
- (OCoLC)316825677
- Label
- Working in the shadows : a year of doing the jobs (most) Americans won't do, Gabriel Thompson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-295)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part one: Salad days (January-March), Yuma, Arizona -- Part two: Speaking Quiché in the heart of Dixie (June-August), Russellville, Alabama -- Part three: Flowers and food (October-December), New York, New York
- Control code
- ocn316825677
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 298 pages
- Isbn
- 9781568584089
- Lccn
- 2009032055
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o316825677
- (OCoLC)316825677
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