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Bait and Switch : The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream by Barbara Ehrenrei
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “6 CDs in like new condition - lite shelfwear on package.”
- Length
- Unabridged
- Format
- Audio CD
- Type
- Audiobook
- Narrative Type
- Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781593977290
- EAN
- 9781593977290
About this product
Product Information
The bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed goes back undercover to do for America's ailing middle class what she did for the working poor. Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed explored the lives of low-wage workers. Now, in BAIT AND SWITCH, she enters another hidden realm of the economy--the world of the white-collar unemployed. Armed with a plausible resume of a professional "in transition," attempts to land a "middle class job" undergoing career coaching and personality testing, then begins trawling a series of EST-like "boot camps," job fairs, "networking events," and evangelical job-search "ministries." She gets an "image makeover" to prepare her for the corporate world and works hard to project the "winning attitude" recommended for a successful job search. She is proselytized, scammed, lectured and, again and again, rejected. BAIT AND SWITCH highlights the people who've done everything right--gotten college degrees, developed marketable skills, and built up impressive resumes--yet have become repeatedly vulnerable to financial disaster and not simply due to the vagaries of the business cycle. Today's ultra-lean corporations take pride in shedding their "surplus" employees--plunging them, for months or years at a stretch, into the twilight zone of white-collar unemployment, where job-searching becomes a full-time job in itself. As Ehrenreich discovers, there are few social supports for the new disposable workers--and little security even for those who have jobs. Like the now classic Nickel and Dimed , BAIT AND SWITCH is alternately hilarious and tragic, a searing expose of economic cruelty where we least expect it.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
ISBN-10
1593977298
ISBN-13
9781593977290
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46602208
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bait and Switch : the (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
Topic
Political Economy, General
Publication Year
2005
Language
English
Genre
Social Science, Political Science
Format
Compact Disc
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8in.
Item Length
5.6in.
Item Width
5.3in.
Item Weight
6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
Praise forNickel and Dimed "We have Barbara Ehrenreich to thank for bringing us the news of America's working poor so clearly and directly, and conveying with it a deep moral outrage...She is our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism." -Dorothy Gallagher, The New York Times Book Review "Jarring, full of riveting grit...This book is already unforgettable." Newsweek "Courageous...a superb and frightening look into the lives of hard-working Americans." San Francisco Chronicle, Praise for Nickel and Dimed "We have Barbara Ehrenreich to thank for bringing us the news of America's working poor so clearly and directly, and conveying with it a deep moral outrage...She is our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism." Dorothy Gallagher, The New York Times Book Review "Jarring, full of riveting grit...This book is already unforgettable." Newsweek "Courageous...a superb and frightening look into the lives of hard-working Americans." San Francisco Chronicle, Praise for Nickel and Dimed "We have Barbara Ehrenreich to thank for bringing us the news of America's working poor so clearly and directly, and conveying with it a deep moral outrage...She is our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism." -Dorothy Gallagher, The New York Times Book Review "Jarring, full of riveting grit...This book is already unforgettable." Newsweek "Courageous...a superb and frightening look into the lives of hard-working Americans." San Francisco Chronicle
Dewey Edition
22
Number of Volumes
6 Vols.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
650.14/086/22
Edition Description
Unabridged Edition
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- k***a (1555)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseNew condition. Solid quality. Good value. Color is great. Thank you
- -***s (178)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseVery fast shipping
- t***h (28128)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseJust finished transaction. All went well. Seller sent item quickly. Item was as described. Would do again. Thanks.Seven Psychopaths (Blu-ray Disc, 2013, Includes Digital Copy; UltraViolet) (#154437800073)