Bibliograph

Nomadland, surviving America in the twenty-first century, Jessica Bruder

Type

Label

Nomadland, surviving America in the twenty-first century, Jessica Bruder

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-273)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Nomadland

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

971352344

Responsibility statement

Jessica Bruder

Sub title

surviving America in the twenty-first century

Summary

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." Bruder hits the road to get to know her subjects, accompanying them from job to job in the dark underbelly of the American economy, while celebrating their resilience and creativity

Table Of Contents

Foreword -- The squeeze Inn -- The end -- Surviving America -- Escape plan -- Amazon town -- The gathering place -- The Rubber Tramp Rendezvous -- Halen -- Some unbeetable experiences -- The H word -- Homecoming -- Coda: The octopus in the coconut

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Nomad land

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