Working in America: Continuity, Conflict, and Change in a New Economic Era

by Amy S. Wharton

Book Overview

The Great Recession brought rising inequality and changing family economies. New technologies continued to move jobs overseas, including those held by middle-class information workers. The first new edition to capture these historic changes, this book is the leading text in the sociology of work and related research fields. Wharton s readings retain the classics but offer a new spectrum of articles accessible to undergraduate students that focus on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612057322
• ISBN13: 9781612057323
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 10.1"