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Book Reviews | |
Here are some sample book reviews:
Student Book Review Schedule | |||
1. | October 4 |
The Human Equation: Building Profits by Putting People First
Jeffrey Pfeffer, 1998 |
Austin |
2. | October 6 |
Inhuman Relations: Quality Circles and Anti-Unionism in American Industry
Guillermo J. Grenier, 1988 |
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3. | October 11 | We'll Call You If We Need You: Experiences of Women Working Construction
Susan Eisenberg, 1999 |
Lisa |
4. | October 13 | The Second Shift
Arlie Russell Hochschild, 2003 |
Brittany |
5. | October 13 | Putting Work in Its Place: A Quiet Revolution
Peter Meiksins and Peter Whalley, 2002 |
Christian |
6. | October 18 | Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class
Larry Tye, 2004 |
Katrina |
7. | October 20 | The Color of Work: The Struggle for Civil Rights in the Southern Paper Industry, 1945-1980
Timothy J. Minchin, 2001 |
Leah |
8. | October 27 | Steelworker Alley: How Class Works in Youngstown
Robert Bruno, 1999 |
Heidi |
9. | November 3 | High Tech and High Heels in the Global Economy: Women, Work, and Pink-Collar Identities in the Caribbean
Carla Freeman, 2000 |
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10. | November 8 | Threads: Gender, Labor, and Power in the Global Apparel Industry
Jane L. Collins, 2003 |
Brenda |
11. | November 10 | The Job Training Charade
Gordon Lafer, 2002 |
Reid |
12. | November 10 | Temps: The Many Faces of the Changing Workplace
Jackie Krasas Rogers, 2000 |
Jenna |
13. | November 15 | Copper Crucible: How the Arizona Miners' Strike of 1983 Recast Labor-Management Relations in America
Jonathan D. Rosenblum, 1998 |
Tim |
14. | November 29 | Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Barbara Ehrenreich, 2001 |
Angela |
15. | December 1 | Low Pay, High Profile: The Global Push for Fair Labor
Andrew Ross, 2004 |
Dave |
16. | December 1 | Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy
Kevin Bales, 2000 |
Adam |