Nomadland : surviving America in the twenty-first century
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Published
New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2017].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 273 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Barnard Library - 300s | LX 331.3 Bruder | On Shelf |
Mankato City Library | 331.3 BRUD | On Shelf |
Russell Public Library - 300s | 331.3 Bruder, Jessica | On Shelf |
Subjects
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Alter
Casual labor -- United States.
Job
Migrant labor -- United States.
Older people -- Employment -- United States.
Recreational vehicle living -- United States.
Retirees -- Employment -- United States.
Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States.
USA
Van life -- United States.
Working poor -- United States.
Casual labor -- United States.
Job
Migrant labor -- United States.
Older people -- Employment -- United States.
Recreational vehicle living -- United States.
Retirees -- Employment -- United States.
Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States.
USA
Van life -- United States.
Working poor -- United States.
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Published
New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2017].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
UPC
40027481531, 40027675816
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273).
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 an eye-opening tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy -- foreshadowing the precarious future that awaits 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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bruder, J. (2017). Nomadland: surviving America in the twenty-first century (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Company, Inc..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bruder, Jessica. 2017. Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-first Century. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bruder, Jessica. Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-first Century W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bruder, Jessica. Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-first Century First edition., W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2017.
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