Not working : people talk about losing a job and finding their way in today's changing economy / DW Gibson.
Gibson, D. W.
2012
HD5724 .G457 2012 (Mapit)
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Title Not working : people talk about losing a job and finding their way in today's changing economy / DW Gibson.
Author Gibson, D. W.
ISBN 9780143122555 (pbk.)
014312255X (pbk.)
Imprint New York : Penguin Books, 2012.
Language English
Description ix, 470 p. ; 22 cm.
Call Number HD5724 .G457 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 331.11
Summary "Inspired by Studs Terkel's Working and by James Agee and Walker Evans' Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, DW Gibson set off on a journey across the United States to interview Americans who have lost their jobs. Here is the mortgage broker who arrived at work to find the door to his office building padlocked, the human resources executive who laid off a couple hundred people before being laid off herself, the husband who was laid off two weeks after his wife learned she was pregnant, the wife who was forced to lay off her husband. In telling the stories of people who could be our neighbors, our friends, our relatives, Not Working holds up a mirror to our times, showing us the individuals behind the unemployment statistics--their fears and hopes--and offering a map for navigating our changing economy. With an extraordinary mix of pathos, anger, solidarity, and humor, it brings clarity--and humanity--to the national conversation."--P. [4] of cover.
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