The Changing Landscape of Labor: American Workers and Workplaces
- ISBN-10
- 087023983X
- ISBN-13
- 9780870239830
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 153
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Univ of Massachusetts Press
- Authors
- Robert E. Weir, John T. Cumbler
Description
Documenting the changing world of manual labor in late twentieth-century New England, a photographic tour depicts the work environments of several industries while the accompanying essays consider the issues faced by everyday laborers. UP.
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