Nomadland : surviving America in the twenty-first century
Employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads: migrant laborers who call themselves "workampers." Bruder hits the road to get to know her subjects, accompanying them from job to job in the dark underbelly of the American economy, while celebrating their resilience and creativity.
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- ISBN: 9780393249316
- ISBN: 039324931X
- ISBN: 9780393356311
- ISBN: 9781324001966
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Physical Description:
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xiv, 273 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword -- Part One: The squeeze Inn -- The end -- Surviving America -- Escape plan -- Part Two: Amazon town -- The gathering place -- The Rubber Tramp Rendezvous -- Halen -- Some unbeetable experiences -- Part Three: The H word -- Homecoming -- Coda: The octopus in the coconut. |
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