Workers In Hard Times

Author : Leon Fink,Joseph A. McCartin,Joan Sangster
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780252095979

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Workers in Hard Times by Leon Fink,Joseph A. McCartin,Joan Sangster Pdf

Seeking to historicize today's "Great Recession," this volume of essays uses examples from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia to situate the current economic crisis and its impact on workers in the context of previous abrupt shifts in the modern-day capitalist marketplace. Contributors argue that factors such as race, sex, and state intervention have mediated both the effect of economic depressions on workers' lives and workers' responses to those depressions. Further, the direction of influence between politics and economic upheaval, as well as between workers and the welfare state, has often shifted with time, location, and circumstance. These principles inform a concluding examination of today's "Great Recession": its historical distinctiveness, its connection to neoliberalism, and its attendant expressions of worker status and agency around the world. Ultimately, the essays in this volume push us toward a rethinking of the relationship between capital and labor, the waged and unwaged, and the employed and jobless. Contributors are Sven Beckert, Sean Cadigan, Leon Fink, Alvin Finkel, Wendy Goldman, Gaetan Heroux, Joseph A. McCartin, David Montgomery, Edward Montgomery, Melanie Nolan, Bryan D. Palmer, Scott Reynolds Nelson, Joan Sangster, Judith Stein, Hilary Wainright, and Lu Zhang.

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10929487

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Hard Times by Charles Dickens Pdf

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Paw Prints
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Domestic fiction
ISBN : 1439570787

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Hard Times for These Times by Charles Dickens Pdf

Thomas Gradgrind destroys the spiritual and emotional lives of his children by denying the importance of human feelings.

Author : Abhijit V. Banerjee,Esther Duflo
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781541762879

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Good Economics for Hard Times by Abhijit V. Banerjee,Esther Duflo Pdf

The winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day. Figuring out how to deal with today's critical economic problems is perhaps the great challenge of our time. Much greater than space travel or perhaps even the next revolutionary medical breakthrough, what is at stake is the whole idea of the good life as we have known it. Immigration and inequality, globalization and technological disruption, slowing growth and accelerating climate change--these are sources of great anxiety across the world, from New Delhi and Dakar to Paris and Washington, DC. The resources to address these challenges are there--what we lack are ideas that will help us jump the wall of disagreement and distrust that divides us. If we succeed, history will remember our era with gratitude; if we fail, the potential losses are incalculable. In this revolutionary book, renowned MIT economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo take on this challenge, building on cutting-edge research in economics explained with lucidity and grace. Original, provocative, and urgent, Good Economics for Hard Times makes a persuasive case for an intelligent interventionism and a society built on compassion and respect. It is an extraordinary achievement, one that shines a light to help us appreciate and understand our precariously balanced world.

Author : Ilie Ruby
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781593765262

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The Salt God's Daughter by Ilie Ruby Pdf

“Beautifully evokes scenes of two girls adrift in the . . . bohemian beach culture . . . a breathtaking, fiercely feminine take on American magical realism.” —Interview Magazine Set in Long Beach, California, beginning in the 1970s, The Salt God’s Daughter follows Ruthie and her older sister Dolly as they struggle for survival in a place governed by an enchanted ocean and exotic folklore. Guided by a mother ruled by magical, elaborately-told stories of the full moons, which she draws from The Old Farmer’s Almanac, the two girls are often homeless, often on their own, fiercely protective of each other, and unaware of how far they have drifted from traditional society as they carve a real life from their imagined stories. Imbued with a traditional Scottish folktale and hints of Jewish mysticism, The Salt God’s Daughter examines the tremulous bonds between sisters and the enduring power of maternal love—a magical tale that presents three generations of extraordinary women who fight to transcend a world that is often hostile to those who are different. “Indeed, Ruby has written a complicated, multi-layered work that shifts shapes to bridge the relationship between tragedy and redemption.” --The Huffington Post “Three generations of indelibly original women wrestle with the confines of their lives against a shimmering backdrop of magic, folklore, and deep-buried secrets . . . To say I loved this book is an understatement.” --Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author “The selkie myth lies at the heart of Ruby’s second novel . . . This is a bewitching tale of lives entangled in lushly layered fables of the moon and sea.” --Kirkus Reviews

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Xist Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781623958992

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Hard Times by Charles Dickens Pdf

Dickens' satirical indictment of 19th century Utilitarianism “Do the wise thing and the kind thing too, and make the best of us and not the worst.” ― Charles Dickens, Hard Times Hard Times by Charles Dickens is his most unusual novel. It is substantially shorter than his others and is not set in London, but in a fictitious mil-town named Coketown. The novel follows the life of the young people and workers of Coketown as they seek to survive the utilitarian ideals manifest in the town. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes

Author : Mehmet Akif Balkaya,Christian Kersten Hofbauer,Elham Madadi Kandjani
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443886574

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The Industrial Novels by Mehmet Akif Balkaya,Christian Kersten Hofbauer,Elham Madadi Kandjani Pdf

This book provides a clear historical and theoretical framework for reading three important novels published in Britain in the second half of the nineteenth century. Examining the novels by Charlotte Brontë, Charles Dickens and Elizabeth Gaskell, the book offers an analysis of their strategies for radical reforms and for the restructuring of society and politics through improvements in the living and working conditions of the working class. The Industrial Novels begins with an introduction of the Industrial Revolution, which is then followed by chapters devoted to a detailed discussion of each novel. Through this, the book explores the negative social, political and economic effects of industrialization and urbanization, as reflected in Charlotte Brontë’s Shirley (1849), Charles Dickens’ Hard Times (1854), and Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South (1855). As such, the book will be of interest to academics and students in the fields of both literature and sociology.

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775411130

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Hard Times by Charles Dickens Pdf

First published in 1854, Hard Times is a profoundly moving, articulate and searing indictment of the life-reducing effects of the industrial revolution, and certain aspects of enlightenment thinking. Set in the fictional midlands mill-town of Coketown, the narrative centers on the industrialist, Mr Thomas Gradgrind, whose belief in scientific utilitarianism skews his world view and is a motive force, carrying the narrative towards farce and tragedy. Gradgrind's no-nonsense abhorrence of 'fancy' extends to his implementing an ambitious education scheme that aims to exclude all 'nonsense' and keep the minds of young people focused squarely on facts. The book is ultimately an argument in favor of fancy and radical thinking, and a damning critique of industrial capitalism and its exploitation and repression of the workers whose lives were spent (literally) in sustaining the system.

Author : Victoria Morris Byerly
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0875461298

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Hard Times Cotton Mill Girls by Victoria Morris Byerly Pdf

Author : Gary N. Chaison
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801483808

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Union Mergers in Hard Times by Gary N. Chaison Pdf

Gary N. Chaison addresses questions implicit in the decline of unions in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.

Author : Matt Saincome,Bill Conway,Krissy Howard
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780358022374

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The Hard Times by Matt Saincome,Bill Conway,Krissy Howard Pdf

A sharp, comedic send-up of punk and hardcore culture, from the creators of the popular and critically-lauded satire site The Hard Times.net.

Author : William G. Robbins
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295803319

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Hard Times in Paradise by William G. Robbins Pdf

Blessed with vast expanses of virgin timber, a good harbor, and a San Francisco market for its lumber, the Coos Bay area once dubbed itself "a poor man's paradise." A new Prologue and Epilogue by the author bring this story of gyppo loggers, longshoremen, millwrights, and whistle punks into the twenty-first century, describing Coos Bay’s transition from timber town to a retirement and tourist community, where the site of a former Weyerhaeuser complex is now home to the Coquille Indian Tribe’s The Mill Casino.

Author : Jamie K McCallum
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781541618367

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Worked Over by Jamie K McCallum Pdf

An award-winning sociologist reveals the unexpected link between overwork and inequality. Most Americans work too long and too hard, while others lack consistency in their hours and schedules. Work hours declined for a century through hard-fought labor-movement victories, but they've increased significantly since the seventies. Worked Over traces the varied reasons why our lives became tethered to a new rhythm of work, and describes how we might gain a greater say over our labor time -- and build a more just society in the process. Popular discussions typically focus on overworked professionals. But as Jamie K. McCallum demonstrates, from Amazon warehouses to Rust Belt factories to California's gig economy, it's the hours of low-wage workers that are the most volatile and precarious -- and the most subject to crises. What's needed is not individual solutions but collective struggle, and throughout Worked Over McCallum recounts the inspiring stories of those battling today's capitalism to win back control of their time.

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781416548157

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Hard Times by Charles Dickens Pdf

This story of class conflict in Victorian England serves as a powerful critique of the social injustices that plagued the Industrial Revolution. Always concerned with issues of class, social injustice, and employment, Dickens shows in Hard Times, written in 1854, a broader concern with the philosophies and economic movements which underlie those issues. Three parallel story lines reflect a broad cross-section of society and its thinking. This edition includes: -A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information -A chronology of the author's life and work -A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context -An outline of key themes and plot points to guide the reader's own interpretations -Detailed explanatory notes -Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work -Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction -A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience

Author : William Moskoff
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1563242141

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Hard Times by William Moskoff Pdf

Examines the objective and subjective experience of economic decline as it affected ordinary Soviet citizens during the Gorbachev era. Moskoff examines key questions, such as the causes of food and goods shortages and the extent of declining living standards.