Nomadland : surviving America in the twenty-first century
(Large Print)
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Published
Waterville : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company, [2018].
Physical Desc
461 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Status
Los Osos Library - Large Print Nonfiction
331.39809
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331.39809
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Casual labor -- United States.
Large type books.
Migrant labor -- United States.
Older people -- Employment -- United States.
Recreational vehicle living -- United States.
Retirees -- Employment -- United States.
Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Van life -- United States.
Working poor -- United States.
Large type books.
Migrant labor -- United States.
Older people -- Employment -- United States.
Recreational vehicle living -- United States.
Retirees -- Employment -- United States.
Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Van life -- United States.
Working poor -- United States.
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Published
Waterville : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company, [2018].
Format
Large Print
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017].
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads: migrant laborers who call themselves "workampers." In a secondhand vehicle she christens "Van Halen," Jessica Bruder hits the road to get to know her subjects more intimately. Accompanying her irrepressible protagonist, Linda May, and others, from campground toilet cleaning to warehouse product scanning to desert reunions, then moving on to the dangerous work of beet harvesting, Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy--one that foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us. At the same time, she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive. Like Linda May, who dreams of finding land on which to build her own sustainable "Earthship" home, they have not given up hope."--Jacket flap.
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