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Housework and domestic service have become popular topics within the scholarly community. She systematically examines the psychology and nature of domestic work, union rejection of domestic laborers, employers' opposition to organization, and the frequent disagreements among the domestics themselves.

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Urban Illusions is the best first-hand account I know of the struggle to solve the employment problem in American cities.

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Wages for Caring examines policies and programs of compensation for family caregivers of the disabled elderly from a broad analytical perspective, weighing current policies of home care services against principles of access, equity, quality, and funding of long-term care.

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James Latimore considers the problem of good results or good reports in the context of his study of one small agency's transition from financial independence to government funding dependence. Latimore's study shows that the strengths of philanthropic intervention may be negated by the bureaucratic accountability that accompanies public funding.

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Those promoting economic development in the Third World often disregard the disadvantaged position of women or lack adequate information to assess the role of women.

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Is the cancer patient an object of job discrimination He has compiled the best available text on what is becoming a major social concern.

The book, divided into two major sections, first provides an in-depth review of the available data on the work history of the cancer patient.

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What kinds of work will be available in the 1980s The authors answer such questions by examining a multitude of factors that will affect work decisions in the coming decade. Their findings will alert decision-makers in both private organizations and the government to the employment issues that dominate the 1980s.

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Contents include: Introduction and Summary; Public Policy Implications of Declining Old-Age Mortality; Aging the Ability to Work; Occupational Effects on the Health and Work Capacity of Older Men; Involuntary Early Retirement and Consumption; Life-Cycle Labor Supply and Social Security; and Life Insurance of the Elderly.

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Hilary Cottam, author of Radical Help about which the Guardian's Jonathan Freedland wrote, 'this might be the most important book you read this year' now turns to the subject of the future of work.

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Through first person accounts, this book details the growing unrest, destabilization and strikes in factories that are gripping China.

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Joan C. Williams explains how the term "working class" has been misapplied--it is, in fact, the elusive, purportedly disappearing middle class. This demographic often resents both the poor and the professionals. They don't, however, tend to resent the truly rich, nor are they particularly bothered by income inequality.

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A contemporary classic that has changed the way we see America.

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Bringing together leading authorities and emerging young researchers, this book is aimed at students and scholars interested in the Chinese workplace and the impact that China is having on work internationally. It is the first textbook to use labour process analysis to examine work and employment in China.

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This story reveals the remarkable life of a Native American boy named Wassaja, or "Beckoning," who was kidnapped from his Yavapai tribe and sold as a slave. Adopted by an Italian photographer in 1871 and renamed Carlos Montezuma, the young boy traveled throughout the Old West, bearing witness to the prejudice against and poor treatment of Native Americans.

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Employment, Hours, and Earnings is a consolidated wealth of employment information, providing monthly and annual data on hours worked and earnings made by industry across America. It provides figures and summary information spanning several years.