Working in the shadows : a year of doing the jobs (most) Americans won't do
Title:
Working in the shadows : a year of doing the jobs (most) Americans won't do
Author:
Thompson, Gabriel
ISBN:
9781568586380
Publication Information:
New York : Nation Books, c2010
Physical Description:
xvii, 312 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references
"Hardcover first published in 2010 by Nation Books"--Title page verso.
Abstract:
"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"--Cover, p. 2.
Subject:
| Foreign workers -- United States |
| Immigrants -- United States |
| Immigrants -- Employment -- Economic aspects -- United States |
| Minimum wage -- United States |
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"--Cover, p. 2.