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The temp economy : from Kelly girls to permatemps in postwar America / Erin Hatton ; foreword by Nelson Lichtenstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hatton, Erin Elizabeth, 1974-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Temporary employment--United States.
- Temporary employment.
- United States--Economic policy--21st century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Everyone knows that work in America is not what it used to be. Layoffs, outsourcing, contingent work, disappearing career ladders-these are the new workplace realities for an increasing number of people. But why? In The Temp Economy, Erin Hatton takes one of the best-known icons of the new economy-the temp industry-and finds that it is more than just a symbol of this degradation of work. The temp industry itself played an active role in this decline-and not just for temps. Industry leaders started by inventing the ""Kelly Girl,"" exploiting 1950's gender stereotypes to justify
- Contents:
- The making of the Kelly girl
- The invention of the semi-permanent employee
- The transformation of work
- Boxing in the temp industry
- Conclusion: a model of work for the 21st century.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781439900826
- 1439900825
- 9781439900802
- 1439900809
- OCLC:
- 699506947
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