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At the Altar of the Bottom Line: The Degradation of Work in the 21st Century (Culture, Politics, and the Cold War)
Thomas Juravich
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Description for At the Altar of the Bottom Line: The Degradation of Work in the 21st Century (Culture, Politics, and the Cold War)
Paperback. Presents a portrait of the contemporary American workplace. Based on interviews with workers in four different industries, this book takes us behind the statistics of the economic collapse and into the lives of Americans who are struggling to make ends meet and support their families. Num Pages: 260 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JHBL; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 517.
This book presents an intimate and disturbing portrait of the contemporary American workplace. Based on extensive interviews with workers in four different industries, this book takes us behind the statistics of the economic collapse and into the lives of Americans who are struggling to make ends meet and support their families. Tom Juravich combines oral history with social and economic analysis to provide a vivid account of the multiple challenges presented in today's workplaces. At a Verizon call center in Andover, Massachusetts, customer service reps find themselves overwhelmed by the pace of work and the constant monitoring. They describe a ... Read more
This book presents an intimate and disturbing portrait of the contemporary American workplace. Based on extensive interviews with workers in four different industries, this book takes us behind the statistics of the economic collapse and into the lives of Americans who are struggling to make ends meet and support their families. Tom Juravich combines oral history with social and economic analysis to provide a vivid account of the multiple challenges presented in today's workplaces. At a Verizon call center in Andover, Massachusetts, customer service reps find themselves overwhelmed by the pace of work and the constant monitoring. They describe a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558497252
SKU
V9781558497252
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Ref
99-1
About Thomas Juravich
TOM JURAVICH is professor of labor studies and director of the Labor Relations Research Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His books include Chaos on the Shop Floor: A Worker's View of Quality, Productivity, and Management; with William Hartford and James Green, Commonwealth of Toil: Chapters in the History of Massachusetts Workers and Their Unions; and with Kate Bronfenbrenner, ... Read more
Reviews for At the Altar of the Bottom Line: The Degradation of Work in the 21st Century (Culture, Politics, and the Cold War)
"This is a beautifully written, compelling portrait of four groups of Massachusetts workers. Juravich convincingly argues that their plight is tied to corporate decision-making processes that - whatever their own internal logic - make no sense for the society they so deeply affect, and are often counterproductive in their impact on worker productivity and efficiency.... The author is a gifted ... Read more