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Bait and switch : the (futile) pursuit of the American dream / Barbara Ehrenreich.
Lippincott Library HD5708.55.U6 E47 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ehrenreich, Barbara.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Downward mobility (Social sciences).
- United States.
- Displaced workers--United States.
- Displaced workers.
- White collar workers--United States.
- White collar workers.
- Job hunting--United States.
- Job hunting.
- Downward mobility (Social sciences)--United States.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 237 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Metropolitan Books, 2005.
- Summary:
- The bestselling author of "Nickel and Dimed" goes back undercover to enter the world of the white-collar unemployed. As Ehrenreich discovers, there are few social supports for these newly disposable workers--and little security even for those who have jobs.
- Contents:
- Finding a coach in the land of OZ
- Stepping out into the world of networking
- Surviving boot camp
- The transformation
- Networking with the Lord
- Aiming higher
- In which I am offered a "job"
- Downward mobility.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0805076069
- OCLC:
- 58985721
- Publisher Number:
- 9780805076066
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