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America's New Working Class: Race, Gender and Ethnicity in a Biopolical Age

By Kathleen R. Arnold

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Hardcover:

9780271032764 | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, January 31, 2008, cover price $51.95

Jobs Aren't Enough: Toward a New Economic Mobility for Low-Income Families

Product Description: This unflinching examination of the obstacles to economic mobility for low-income families exposes the ugly reality that lies beneath the shining surface of the American Dream. The fact is that nearly 25% of employed adults have difficulty supporting their families today...read more

By Annie Laurie Armstrong and Roberta Rehner Iversen

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9781592133550 | Temple Univ Pr, July 28, 2006, cover price $84.50 | About this edition: This unflinching examination of the obstacles to economic mobility for low-income families exposes the ugly reality that lies beneath the shining surface of the American Dream.

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9781592133567 | Temple Univ Pr, July 28, 2006, cover price $31.95

History Against Misery

Product Description: A new collection of essays, most of them short, activist pieces, culled from the last 20 years of Roediger’s work, and touching on most of his familiar themes of history, culture, whiteness, art, politics, and change. “David Roediger is renowned for his brilliant writings on whiteness, but few readers acknowledge what lat at the root of his work: his abiding hatred of all forms of oppression and exploitation...read more

By David Roediger

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9780882863054 | Charles H Kerr Pub Co, January 1, 2006, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: A new collection of essays, most of them short, activist pieces, culled from the last 20 years of Roediger’s work, and touching on most of his familiar themes of history, culture, whiteness, art, politics, and change.

Poverty

Provides personal narratives regarding true experiences of poverty, including homelessness, living on welfare, and working in sweatshops, and discusses methods of helping the poor.

By Matthew J. Box (editor) and David M. Haugen (editor)

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9780737728996 | Greenhaven Pr, August 13, 2005, cover price $35.10 | About this edition: Provides personal narratives regarding true experiences of poverty, including homelessness, living on welfare, and working in sweatshops, and discusses methods of helping the poor.

Newer Ideals Of Peace: The Moral Substitutes For War

By Jane Addams and Paul Dennis Sporer

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9781932490022 | Anza Pub, May 31, 2005, cover price $23.95

Starving Amidst Too Much & Other Iww Writings on the Food Industry

By Peter Rachleff (editor)

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9780882863030 | Charles H Kerr Pub Co, March 8, 2005, cover price $12.00

Poor Workers' Unions

Product Description: âFinally, the book weâve all been waiting for! With gripping tales of grassroots experiments in social justice unionism from the 1960s to the present, Vanessa Tait cracks wide open our concept of what a labor movement looks like, and shows how it can be part and parcel of movements for racial and gender justice...read more

By Vanessa Tait

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9780896087156 | South End Pr, January 30, 2005, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: âFinally, the book weâve all been waiting for!

Which Side Are You On?: Trying to Be for Labor When It's Flat on Its Back

A union lawyer documents the rise and fall of organized labor, exploring the myriad of issues associated with labor in America

By Thomas Geoghegan

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9780374289195 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, July 1, 1991, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A union lawyer documents the rise and fall of organized labor, exploring the myriad of issues associated with labor in America

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9781565848863 | Revised edition (New Pr, July 26, 2004), cover price $17.95

9780452268913 | Plume, August 1, 1992, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A lawyer working for the unions brings to life the teamsters, steelworkers, nurses, carpenters, and others who are clinging to their right to organize and fighting to preserve a way of life.

What's Class Got to Do With It?: American Society in the Twenty-First Century

By Michael Zweig (editor)

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9780801442599 | Ilr Pr, April 1, 2004, cover price $37.50

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9780801488993 | Ilr Pr, April 1, 2004, cover price $19.95

The Unmaking of the American Working Class

A portrait of American blue-collar culture notes its decrease in contemporary America, citing administrations in the second half of the twentieth century that have eliminated large portions of the working class and how the author believes this has compromised the nation. (view table of contents)

By Reg Theriault

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9781565847620 | New Pr, February 1, 2003, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Portrays the American blue-collar culture as decreasing, citing administrations in the second half of the twentieth century that have eliminated large portions of the working class and how this has compromised the nation.

Crossing the Great Divide: Worker Risk and Opportunity in the New Economy

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By Vicki Smith

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9780801437373 | Ilr Pr, March 1, 2001, cover price $57.95

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9780801488122 | Ilr Pr, September 1, 2002, cover price $24.50

Labor and Capital in the Age of Globalization: The Labor Process and the Changing Nature of Work in the Global Economy

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By Berch Berberoglu (editor)

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9780742516601 | Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, December 1, 2001, cover price $112.00

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9780742516618 | Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, March 1, 2002, cover price $42.00

Work: Opposing Viewpoints

Examines varying opinions about the American workforce, the role that the national government should play, and equal opportunity within the workplace. (view table of contents)

By James Haley (editor)

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9780737709148 | Greenhaven Pr, March 1, 2002, cover price $28.90 | About this edition: Examines varying opinions about the American workforce, the role that the national government should play, and equal opportunity within the workplace.

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9780737709155 | Greenhaven Pr, March 1, 2002, cover price $41.70 | About this edition: Examines varying opinions about the American workforce, the role that the national government should play, and equal opportunity within the workplace.

I'll Be You and You Be Me

Poems deal with friendship, patience, dreams, brothers and sisters, love, growing up, holidays, and animals.

By Ruth Krauss

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9780060284596, titled "I'll Be You and You Be Me" | Harpercollins Childrens Books, June 1, 2001, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Poems deal with friendship, patience, dreams, brothers and sisters, love, growing up, holidays, and animals.

9780060234300, titled "I'll Be You and You Be Me" | Harpercollins Childrens Books, July 1, 1975, cover price $11.31

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9780590410946, titled "I'll Be You and You Be Me" | Reissue edition (Scholastic, January 1, 1988), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Poems deal with friendship, patience, dreams, brothers and sisters, love, growing up, holidays, and animals

9780912846149, titled "I'll Be You and You Be Me" | Bookstore Pr, June 1, 1973, cover price $5.00

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9780060284589, titled "I'll Be You and You Be Me" | Harpercollins, June 1, 2001, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: Poems deal with friendship, patience, dreams, brothers and sisters, love, growing up, holidays, and animals.

9780060234317, titled "I'll Be You and You Be Me" | Reissue edition (Harpercollins, May 1, 1975), cover price $13.89 | also contains The Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy | About this edition: From the team that brought us A Hole Is To Dig, here's another romp through the wild and wonderful imagination of children.

The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism

Drawing on interviews with former IBM executives, bakers, a former bartender who entered the advertising profession, and many other interesting characters, this exploration of work and the new economy looks at the effects of the changing workplace on a wide range of people. Reprint. (view table of contents)

By Richard Sennett

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9780393046786 | W W Norton & Co Inc, October 1, 1998, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Explores the effects of the new capitalism and explains the social and political context for today's personal confusions and offers suggestions on how to reimagine community and individual character

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9780393319873 | W W Norton & Co Inc, January 1, 2000, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Drawing on interviews with former IBM executives, bakers, a former bartender who entered the advertising profession, and many other interesting characters, this exploration of work and the new economy looks at the effects of the changing workplace on a wide range of people.

The Breaking of the American Social Compact

Product Description: The Breaking of the American Social Compact is a landmark volume from two of our most perceptive social critics. Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward address the tumultuous politics of the past three decades that have culminated in an all-out assault on the American social compact...read more

By Frances Fox Piven

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9781565843912 | New Pr, November 1, 1997, cover price $27.00 | About this edition: The Breaking of the American Social Compact is a landmark volume from two of our most perceptive social critics.

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9781565844766 | New Pr, September 1, 1998, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The Breaking of the American Social Compact is a landmark volume from two of our most perceptive social critics.

The Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy

An assessment of the impact of the 'living wage' legislation passed in a number of U.S. cities shows how it has improved the lives of the working poor and demonstrates its relatively low cost for employers (view table of contents)

By Stephanie Luce and Robert Pollin

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9781565844094 | New Pr, August 1, 1998, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: An assessment of the impact of the 'living wage' legislation passed in a number of U.

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9781565845886 | New Pr, August 1, 2000, cover price $15.95

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9780060234317, titled "I'll Be You and You Be Me" | Reissue edition (Harpercollins, May 1, 1975), cover price $13.89 | also contains I''ll Be You and You Be Me | About this edition: From the team that brought us A Hole Is To Dig, here's another romp through the wild and wonderful imagination of children.

The Great Betrayal: How American Sovereignty and Social Justice Are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy

A voice of populist conservatism argues that many Americans have lost their jobs because of the free-trade policies of the Global Economy, combining real-life stories and the principles of America's founding fathers to present a new economic nationalism. 75,000 first printing. Tour. (view table of contents)

By Patrick J. Buchanan

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9780316115186 | Little Brown & Co, April 1, 1998, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Argues that many Americans have lost their jobs because of the free-trade policies of the global economy

Audacious Democracy: Labor, Intellectuals, and the Social Reconstruction of America

A collection of essays examines the conflict between corporations and their employees, and explores ways in which labor unions can protect the rights of workers against the power of big business (view table of contents)

By Steve Fraser (editor) and Joshua B. Freeman (editor)

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9780395866825 | Mariner Books, September 1, 1997, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: A collection of essays examines the conflict between corporations and their employees, and explores ways in which labor unions can protect the rights of workers against the power of big business

Working Class Stratification and the Demand for Unions in the United States

Product Description: This study examines how segmentation within the working class affects workers' demand for unionization. Beyond issues of social stratification, it also considers the effects of gender , race, and age inequality on unionization demand...read more

By Hyunhee Kim

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9780815324027 | Taylor & Francis, March 1, 1997, cover price $156.00 | About this edition: This study examines how segmentation within the working class affects workers' demand for unionization.

America's Working Poor

Product Description: This is a wide-ranging study of the working poor in America - those whose incomes are insufficient to sustain either themselves or their families. It employs a data source based on the 1980 and the 1990 censuses to show how the numbers of such poor may have changed...read more

By Thomas R. Swartz (editor) and Kathleen Mass Weigert

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9780268006488 | Univ of Notre Dame Pr, June 1, 1996, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: This is a wide-ranging study of the working poor in America - those whose incomes are insufficient to sustain either themselves or their families.

Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class

By Eric Lott

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9780195078329 | Oxford Univ Pr, October 28, 1993, cover price $55.00

Paperback:

9780195096415 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, May 11, 1995), cover price $35.00

Liberating Memory: Our Work and Our Working-Class Consciousness

Product Description: This is a book about working-class identity, consciousness, and self-determination. It offers an alternative to middle-class assimiliation and working-class amnesia. The twenty-five contributors use memory--both personal and collective--to show the relationship between the uncertain economic rhythms of working-class life and the possibilities for cultural and political agency...read more

By Janet Zandy (editor)

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9780813521213 | Rutgers Univ Pr, January 1, 1995, cover price $59.00 | About this edition: This is a book about working-class identity, consciousness, and self-determination.

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9780813521220 | Rutgers Univ Pr, December 1, 1994, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: This is a book about working-class identity, consciousness, and self-determination.

The Hidden Injuries of Class

By Jonathan Cobb and Richard Sennett

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9780393310856 | Reprint edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, October 1, 1993), cover price $21.95

The Forgotten Americans

Product Description: âJohn E. Schwarz and Thomas J. Volgy have joined forces to produce an incisive analysis of the nationâs economic problems, illustrated their book with real people, and linked their material to the political process. This is a major contribution to the most important debate taking place in America...read more

By John E. Schwarz and Thomas J. Volgy

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9780393033885 | W W Norton & Co Inc, September 1, 1992, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Examines the plight of the working poor in America, explores the reasons why working poverty is widespread, and outlines possible solutions

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9780393310740 | Reprint edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, September 1, 1993), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: âJohn E.

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