Unsustainable : Amazon, warehousing, and the politics of exploitation / Juliann Emmons Allison and Ellen Reese.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allison, Juliann Emmons, 1965- author.

Reese, Ellen, 1969- author.

Contributor:

Lippincott Library Book Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amazon.com (Firm)--Employees--Social conditions.

Amazon.com (Firm).

Warehouses--California, Southern--21st century--Case studies.

Warehouses.

Equality.

Exploitation.

Social movements--California, Southern--21st century.

Social movements.

Employees--Social conditions.

Southern California.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 341 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023]

Summary:

"From famously humble origins in founder Jeff Bezos's garage, Amazon has grown to become one of the most successful businesses in history, able to deliver virtually anything to virtually anywhere thanks to its vast worldwide network of fulfillment centers. Unsustainable looks inside the company's warehouses to reveal that the rise of Amazon, and warehousing more generally, is made possible by the exploitation of workers' labor and communities' resources, including the natural environment. Juliann Emmons Allison and Ellen Reese expose the real-world repurcussions of these pernicious practices through a chilling case study of the socioeconomic and environmental harms associated with the largely unchecked growth of warehousing within Inland Southern California, one of the nation's largest logistics hubs, where Amazon is the largest private-sector employer. Tracing the rise of grassroots resistance to Amazon and the warehouse industry by workers and communities across this region, the country, and the globe, Unsustainable provides fresh insight into one of the most important and far-reaching struggles of our time"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Opening the box : Amazon's impact on warehousing, workers, and communities

Boxing in our community : Amazon expands Inland Southern California's warehouse empire

Behind the box : exploitative conditions in Amazon's warehouses

Boxed in : discipline, control, and mechanisms of exploitation in Amazon warehouses

Moving boxes together : inequalities and social relations among warehouse workers

Boxed and bruised : Warehouse workers' injuries and illnesses

Boxing lessons : community resistance to Amazon and warehousing in Inland Southern California

Beyond the box : confronting Amazon and the politics of exploitation and inequality

Methodological appendix : Amazon warehouse worker interviews.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lippincott Library Book Endowment Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Emmons Allison, Juliann, 1965- Unsustainable

ISBN:

9780520388376

0520388372

9780520388383

0520388380

OCLC:

1375185847