Nomadland Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century |
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Author:
| Bruder, Jessica |
ISBN: | 978-1-4328-4643-5 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2018 |
Publisher: | Cengage Gale
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $31.99 |
Book Description:
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From North Dakota beet fields to California campgrounds to Amazon's Texas CamperForce program, employers have found a new cheap labor pool: transient older Americans. Casualties of the Great Recession, they've taken to the road by the tens of thousands in a growing migrant labor community of "workampers." Jessica Bruder hit the road to tell their eye-opening tale.
From North Dakota beet fields to California campgrounds to Amazon's Texas CamperForce program, employers have found a new cheap labor pool: transient older Americans. Casualties of the Great Recession, they've taken to the road by the tens of thousands in a growing migrant labor community of "workampers." Jessica Bruder hit the road to tell their eye-opening tale.