LEADER 00000cam a22006857i 4500 001 2fvxvtd50j79k2b5 008 210319s2021 xxka|||e|b||||000 0|eng|c 020 9781800750302|q(paperback) 020 1800750307|q(paperback) 041 eng 082 04 331.3980973|223 084 Ohafe-qa|2kssb/8 084 Oabkbc-qa|2kssb/8 092 0 331.3|bengelska 100 1 Bruder, Jessica|4aut 245 10 Nomadland :|bsurviving America in the twenty-first century /|cJessica Bruder 246 1 Nomad land 246 10 Surviving America in the 21st century 264 1 London :|bSwift Press,|c2021 300 xiv, 273 sidor|billustrationer|c20 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 336 still image|bsti|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 500 "Now a major motion picture"--Cover 500 Originally published: 2017 504 Includes bibliographical references 520 From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce programme in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low- cost labour 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 labourers who call themselves 'workampers.' On frequently travelled routes between seasonal jobs, Jessica Bruder meets people from all walks of life: a former professor, a McDonald's vice president, a minister, a college administrator, and a motorcycle cop, among many others; including her irrepressible protagonist, a onetime cocktail waitress, Home Depot clerk, and general contractor named Linda May 650 0 Older people|xEmployment|zUnited States 650 0 Retirees|xEmployment|zUnited States 650 0 Retirement|xEconomic aspects|zUnited States 650 0 Casual labor|zUnited States 650 0 Working poor|zUnited States 650 0 Migrant labor|zUnited States 650 0 Recreational vehicle living|zUnited States 650 0 Van life|zUnited States 650 7 Äldre|2sao 650 7 Ströjobb|2sao 650 7 Arbetsmigration|2sao 651 7 Förenta staterna|2sao
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