Nomadland surviving America in the twenty-first century
From the beet fields of North Dakota to the wilderness campgrounds of California to an Amazon warehouse in Texas, people who once might have kicked back to enjoy their sunset years are hard at work. Underwater on mortgages or finding that Social Security comes up short, they're hitting the road...
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| Formato: | Grabación no musical |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Prince Frederick :
HighBridge Audio
2017.
New York : [2017] |
| Edición: | Unabridged |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009657352606719 |
| Sumario: | From the beet fields of North Dakota to the wilderness campgrounds of California to an Amazon warehouse in Texas, people who once might have kicked back to enjoy their sunset years are hard at work. Underwater on mortgages or finding that Social Security comes up short, they're hitting the road in astonishing numbers, forming a new community of nomads: RV and van-dwelling migrant laborers, or "workampers." Building on her groundbreaking Harper's cover story, "The End of Retirement," which brought attention to these formerly settled members of the middle class, Jessica Bruder follows one such RVer, Linda, between physically taxing seasonal jobs and reunions of her new van-dweller family, or "vanily." Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of both the economy's dark underbelly and the extraordinary resilience, creativity, and hope of these hardworking, quintessential Americansmany of them single womenwho have traded rootedness for the dream of a better life. |
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| Notas: | Electronic audio file. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (1 sound file) |
| Tiempo de Juego: | 09:58:06 |
| Formato: | Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser. |
| ISBN: | 9781681687193 |
