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Her protest triggered a parliamentary inquiry into BBC pay, and after a protracted internal complaints process, she won an apology from the BBC and a settlement which she donated to the Fawcett Society. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEqual \u003c\/i\u003eGracie will tell her own story, explore why it is often so hard for women to assert their value in the workplace and give practical \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart instruction manual, part howl of rage, \u003ci\u003eEqual\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e tells a personal story that changed the public debate\u003c\/b\u003e . . . The book is full of advice for others - there is a separate section at the end for employers, men and women . . . 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Gracie understands all the various ways in which pay inequality can play havoc with a person's self-belief and peace of mind, and in her book she staples them to the page . . .\u003cb\u003e For me, the most resonant parts of her book have to do with her self worth. \u003c\/b\u003e\"Carrie, it's always such a joy to see you,\" says James Harding, the then director of news at the BBC, when she sees him for a meeting in 2015. \"You deliver so much and ask so little.\" -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eShe quit her job as the BBC's China editor over pay discrimination. 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But women often get paid less than men, even when they''re doing equal work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMostly they don''t know because pay is secret. But what if a woman finds out? 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Gracie understands all the various ways in which pay inequality can play havoc with a person's self-belief and peace of mind, and in her book she staples them to the page . . .\u003cb\u003e For me, the most resonant parts of her book have to do with her self worth. \u003c\/b\u003e\"Carrie, it's always such a joy to see you,\" says James Harding, the then director of news at the BBC, when she sees him for a meeting in 2015. \"You deliver so much and ask so little.\" -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eShe quit her job as the BBC's China editor over pay discrimination. 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Szreder connects the theoretical corpus developed over the last two decades to material reality and lived experience. Looking at everything from the fatigue of hustling to the banality of speed-working and the extractionist practices it leads to, he provides an overview of \"the field of contemporary art in the process of its decomposition\".'\u003cbr\u003eVasif Kortun, curator and author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A long-awaited alphabet, spelling out the real conditions of artistic and creative labour in the age of networks and circulation, but also borders, \u003ci\u003eThe ABC of the projectariat\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for anyone studying, and possibly living in, the contemporary art field. A curator and critic known for his imaginative and daring propositions, Kuba Szreder has managed to write the most structurally innovative and (perversely) enjoyable book on the formidable subject of the production of the art field as such. The book’s sixty-six entries are sharp, lucid and full of remarkable insights about the life and work of art projectarians – that is, those who create through the ubiquitous project-form. The entries are also incredibly informative, honest and attentive to geopolitics. They combine hands-on experience, theoretical rigour and political situatedness. Insofar as it is almost impossible to think of anyone not working from project to project, and therefore living out as personal burden the social consequences of the global project hegemony (with precarity chief among them), this study is about a way of life as much as about what governs work – \u003ci\u003eour\u003c\/i\u003e life and \u003ci\u003eour\u003c\/i\u003e work. Committed to practices of social transformation towards an end of the socio-economic injustice that rules our life and work, \u003ci\u003eThe ABC of the projectariat\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique encounter that will move you – forward.’\u003cbr\u003eAngela Dimitrakaki, author of \u003ci\u003eECONOMY: Art, Production and the Subject in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Kuba Szreder's projectarians are a vanguard part of the precariat. We need a new subversive vocabulary for a new progressive politics, and this book provides much of what is needed.'\u003cbr\u003eGuy Standing, author of\u003ci\u003e The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is an urgent and accessible anatomy of the conditions of art-making today. It vividly conveys the crushing impacts of \"the cruel economy of contemporary art\" on the material and creative lives of artists while mapping a network of imaginative paths out of it.'\u003cbr\u003eJosh Cohen, author of \u003ci\u003eNot Working: Why We Have to Stop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'From his innovative research with the Free\/Slow University of Warsaw to his breakthrough concept of the artistic projectariat, Szreder tenaciously levels our collective attention towards the paradoxes of a cultural economy in crisis, without abandoning hopes for its radical transformation.'\u003cbr\u003eGregory Sholette, author of\u003ci\u003e Dark Matter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Artist as Activist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book is a weapon for anyone who wants to resist the dominant economy of art. 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But for employers that approach recruitment strategically, internships are typically a cost-albeit one they hope will pay off in better, happier recruits. * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e[Perlin's] exposé on the internship model initiates a critical conversation on internships ... his thoughtful book is necessary reading for the millions of young people trying to break into the working world through internships. * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eThat fact that it took this long for someone to write this book seems as blatantly wrong as the practice itself. 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The dramatic centerpiece of Hunter's book is a threatened strike by black Atlanta washerwomen in the summer fo 1881...\u003ci\u003eTo 'Joy My Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e is a worthwhile read, powerfully evoking the chaos of the Civil War and the transition of black women workers from slave to free and from rural to urban people. It joins a growing canon that points to the development of political consciousness among black working-class women. -- Dale Edwyna Smith * Washington Post Book World *\u003cbr\u003eTera Hunter's book is a meticulously researched, cogently argued analysis of the `dialectic of repression and resistance' shaping the lives of African American women in the postbellum South. Better still, it's a terrifically told story--a tale of everyday women doing the radical work of defining and demanding freedom for themselves and their communities in a country largely hell-bent on denying them their rights. -- Cynthia Dobbs * San Francisco Examiner \u0026amp; Chronicle *\u003cbr\u003eHunter's achievement in bringing these black women's stories to life is remarkable. Scouring newspaper accounts, personal diaries, household records, government reports and political cartoons, Hunter has reconstructed the myths and stereotypes about black female workers in and around Atlanta. In the process, she sheds light on a chapter of American history and the Southern labor movement that has heretofore remained unexamined...\u003ci\u003eTo 'Joy My Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant reconstruction of New South history...Analytical and objective as this work of history is, [it] is also written with such passion that the stories of these women and the events that shaped their lives--and American history--reads like the best fiction. Hunter's work is a \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e, valuable and prophetic as America continues to struggle with the issues of work, fairness, sex and race. -- Paula L. Woods * Atlanta Journal\/Constitution *\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTo 'Joy My Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, Tera W. Hunter charts the efforts of African-American women in Atlanta to live fulfilling lives despite an all-pervasive racism, which was most terrifying in the city's infamous race riot of 1906...One can only applaud Hunter's efforts to recover the experience of her subjects from obscurity. * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eTera Hunter's book is an exemplary effort to illuminate the particular history of black women domestic workers in Atlanta. By painstakingly pulling together disparate sources, she fashions a story of resistance and backlash that illustrates how these women bravely attempted to achieve true freedom in the face of attacks on their femininity, the stigma of tuberculosis, and outright mob violence. Her account skillfully integrates the oppressive nature of dominant gender roles, the role of class in intraracial subordination, and disease as stigma, although the reasons for the attachment of this stigma particularly to black washerwomen remains unclear. Overall, Hunter succeeds in showing the complexities of a fifty-year struggle by black women workers, who, in their words, fought \"to 'joy my freedom.\" -- Bayo Holsey * Transforming Anthropology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo 'Joy My Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e is a new departure in recent written history of African American women. Here, working-class women take center stage while black middle-class and elite woman are peripheral. For those who fear tackling the history of women whose personal records are few to nonexistent, Tera W. Hunter's book is at once instructive on how to write such a history and an example of a sophisticated blend of labor, social, and cultural history...Rich in detail and told with compassion and understanding, \u003ci\u003eTo 'Joy My Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e fills in the gaps between contemporary histories of slavery and middle-class female uplift reform. Hunter demonstrates that professional skill, exhaustive research, and ingenious use of sources can give voice to people who leave few personal records and who do not show up in organizational minutes. -- Deborah Gray White * Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003eTera W. Hunter has written a superb study of the lives and labors of some of the African-American women who struggled through the violent upheaval of emancipation and the crushing imposition of racial segregation in the American South from the Civil War to the 1920s. Hunter's sparkling prose, extensive reading of a wide range of texts, and layered, complex and incisive analysis reveal the work of an impressively humane, imaginative, and mature historian. Her acute descriptions of local conditions and cogent insights into the larger historical context stunningly illuminate the dynamics of race, class, and gender as they played out on the frightening, brutal terrain of southern segregation...Her text constantly engages and re-engages the reader, helping us to imagine the lives of dozens of individuals who walk through the pages of history...This study is a triumph of research, astute analysis, and engaging imagination that deserves to be widely read by students of African-American, labor, and women's studies and of American history. -- Michael Honey * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003eAt the end of the Civil War newly emancipated women moved to Atlanta to find employment as household labourers and washerwomen. This is a study of the workplace experiences and everyday culture of these black working women in the period until the beginning of World War I. Tracing the ways they constructed their own world of work, culture and community organization, Professor Hunter argues that their experiences and efforts were central to the African-American struggle for freedom and justice. The implementation of Jim Crow laws and segregation from the 1880s onward, however, spurred growing numbers of black working women to migrate to the North. * International Review of Social History *\u003cbr\u003eHunter offers valuable explorations into the complexities of African American feminine laborers and the contextualization of their lives. She is to be applauded for providing scholars with easier access to source materials, particularly primary sources. An important contribution to suffragist activism, feminist scholarship, and African American studies. * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo 'Joy My Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003ci\u003etour de force.\u003c\/i\u003e Moving deftly between white households and black communities, churches and blues clubs, city hall and city streets, Tera Hunter brings black domestic workers alive, body and soul, smashing all stereotypes along the way. By placing black working class women at the center of her narrative, she rewrites the history of the New South and the nation. Her vibrant, complex, beautifully rendered portrait of black working women's struggles at the dawn of the century will move you as surely as it will alter the way we write history. -- Robin D. G. Kelley, New York University\u003cbr\u003eBy bringing to life the experiences, aspirations, and struggles of the black domestic workers of Atlanta, Tera Hunter opens a new window on the study of emancipation and its aftermath and, in so doing, tremendously enriches our understanding of Reconstruction and the New South. -- Eric Foner, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo 'Joy My Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of utmost originality and significance. Tera Hunter brings the virtually invisible world of black working-class women to life [and then] uses those lives as a vantage point from which to reconsider the transition from slavery to freedom, the nature of southern Progressivism, the Great Migration of blacks out of the South during World War I, and the relationship and tensions between work, play, and politics in the New South. -- Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u003cbr\u003eWith great breadth, sensitivity, and intellectual integrity, Tera Hunter reorients southern history toward the urban working class. This \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e further liberates African-American history from the need always to relate to whites. Bravo! -- Nell Irvin Painter, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003eHunter illuminates the lives of newly emancipated Black women workers in postbellum Atlanta…This book is the story of a new world, built by Black women, with and for each other. -- Daisy Pitkin * Literary Hub *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface   Prologue    \"Answering Bells Is Played Out\": Slavery and the Civil War   Reconstruction and the Meanings of Freedom   Working-Class Neighborhoods and Everyday Life   \"Washing Amazons\" and Organized Protests   The \"Color Line\" Gives Way to the \"Color Wall\"   Survival and Social Welfare in the Age of Jim Crow   \"Wholesome\" and \"Hurtful\" Amusements   \"Dancing and Carousing the Night Away\"   Tuberculosis as the \"Negro Servants Disease\"   \"Looking for a Free State to Live In\"    Tables   Notes   Acknowledgments   Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865494237527,"sku":"9780674893085","price":23.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674893085.jpg?v=1722274233"},{"product_id":"career-and-family-9780691201788","title":"Career and Family","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An Economist Book of the Year\"\u003cbr\u003e\"A Behavioral Scientist's Notable Book\"\u003cbr\u003e\"A Wall Street Journal Favorite Political Book of the Year\"\u003cbr\u003e\"A FiveBooks Best Nonfiction Books of the Year\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Winner of the Richard A. 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The book is also, in some ways, deeply personal.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e---Emily Oster, \u003ci\u003eParentData\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Provocative and compelling.\" * The Economist *\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eCareer and Family\u003c\/i\u003e] traces the history of work and family for college-educated women, and diagnoses what still troubles their careers today.\" * The Economist *\u003cbr\u003e\"In this deeply researched, engagingly written, and surprisingly personal book, Goldin summarizes the history and current state of gender disparities in employment and pay, both in general and specifically for college-educated women.\"\u003cb\u003e---Barry Eichengreen, \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is no ordinary book. . . . Goldin has written a chatty, readable sequel to [Betty] Friedan’s [\u003ci\u003eThe Feminine Mystique]\u003c\/i\u003e, destined itself to become a paperback best-seller—all the more persuasive because it is rooted in the work of hundreds of other labor economists and economic historians over the years.\"\u003cb\u003e---David Warsh, \u003ci\u003eEconomic Principals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Combining diligent research with acute observations, accessible case studies, and practical solutions, this is a refreshing take on a pernicious social problem.\" * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\"A must-read for those who care about gender gaps. . . . Goldin does a compelling job of running through the historical data, providing the surrounding cultural context, and explaining how technological and legal changes affected women over the years. . . . In \u003ci\u003eCareer and Family\u003c\/i\u003e, Goldin expertly lays out the history of college-grad women’s advances in the work force, and she carefully dissects where the remaining gender gap originates.\"\u003cb\u003e---Robert VerBruggen, \u003ci\u003eInstitute for Family Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is a must-read.\"\u003cb\u003e---Melissa Davies, \u003ci\u003eSociety of Professional Economists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Goldin’s research carries important implications for addressing gender equality within the economics profession.\"\u003cb\u003e---Leonora Risse, \u003ci\u003eThe Conversation, Australia \u0026amp; New Zealand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Why do women still tend to earn less than men? There is nobody better placed to answer that question than economic historian Claudia Goldin, the winner of the 2023 Nobel memorial prize in economics. Her answer tells us how to fight unfairness, but also how to create saner and more productive working lives for everybody.\" * Financial Times *","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865545421143,"sku":"9780691201788","price":19.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691201788.jpg?v=1722274490"},{"product_id":"the-economics-of-imperfect-labor-markets-third-edition-9780691206363","title":"The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets Third","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865546731863,"sku":"9780691206363","price":79.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691206363.jpg?v=1722274496"},{"product_id":"the-profit-paradox-9780691214474","title":"The Profit Paradox","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Eeckhout documents an astonishing rise of market power across all sorts of industries since 1980. We're not just talking about the usual suspects here; Amazon, Google, Facebook, and so on. We're talking about everything from the makers of cat food to the sellers of caskets.\"\u003cb\u003e---Greg Rosalsky, \u003ci\u003eNPR Planet Money\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A serious and significant effort to explain rising market power and its implications to decades of stagnant wages to a wider audience.\"\u003cb\u003e---Simcha Barkai, \u003ci\u003eProMarket\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A very good read. . . . Hooray for an economist who can write so engagingly.\"\u003cb\u003e---Diane Coyle, \u003ci\u003eEnlightened Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A sharply argued thesis that one effect of all-powerful corporations is the suppression of wages for working people across the board. . . . A provocative case, and one that those who feel undervalued in the present economy will surely appreciate.\" * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"The book convincingly argues for some role of market power in workers’ woes. . . . At a time when antitrust frameworks are being reconsidered on both sides of the Atlantic, Eeckhout’s book is a powerful reminder that this rethink must go big.\"\u003cb\u003e---Romain Duval, \u003ci\u003eFinance and Development\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Profit Paradox\u003c\/i\u003e is an easy read . . . and the tour d’horizon of issues is impressive.\"\u003cb\u003e---Jane Fuller, \u003ci\u003eFinancial World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As economist Jan Eeckhout lays out in his new book \u003ci\u003eThe Profit Paradox\u003c\/i\u003e, rapid technological change since the 1980s has improved business efficiency and dramatically increased corporate profitability. 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Williams, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003eThere are many reasons to read [\u003ci\u003eCareer and Family\u003c\/i\u003e]. The main one being that [it is] excellent. . . . Goldin is a natural teacher, which comes across on the page. The book is also, in some ways, deeply personal.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e---Emily Oster, \u003ci\u003eParentData\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Provocative and compelling.\" * The Economist *\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eCareer and Family\u003c\/i\u003e] traces the history of work and family for college-educated women, and diagnoses what still troubles their careers today.\" * The Economist *\u003cbr\u003e\"In this deeply researched, engagingly written, and surprisingly personal book, Goldin summarizes the history and current state of gender disparities in employment and pay, both in general and specifically for college-educated women.\"\u003cb\u003e---Barry Eichengreen, \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is no ordinary book. . . . Goldin has written a chatty, readable sequel to [Betty] Friedan’s [\u003ci\u003eThe Feminine Mystique]\u003c\/i\u003e, destined itself to become a paperback best-seller—all the more persuasive because it is rooted in the work of hundreds of other labor economists and economic historians over the years.\"\u003cb\u003e---David Warsh, \u003ci\u003eEconomic Principals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Combining diligent research with acute observations, accessible case studies, and practical solutions, this is a refreshing take on a pernicious social problem.\" * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\"A must-read for those who care about gender gaps. . . . Goldin does a compelling job of running through the historical data, providing the surrounding cultural context, and explaining how technological and legal changes affected women over the years. . . . In \u003ci\u003eCareer and Family\u003c\/i\u003e, Goldin expertly lays out the history of college-grad women’s advances in the work force, and she carefully dissects where the remaining gender gap originates.\"\u003cb\u003e---Robert VerBruggen, \u003ci\u003eInstitute for Family Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is a must-read.\"\u003cb\u003e---Melissa Davies, \u003ci\u003eSociety of Professional Economists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Goldin’s research carries important implications for addressing gender equality within the economics profession.\"\u003cb\u003e---Leonora Risse, \u003ci\u003eThe Conversation, Australia \u0026amp; New Zealand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Why do women still tend to earn less than men? There is nobody better placed to answer that question than economic historian Claudia Goldin, the winner of the 2023 Nobel memorial prize in economics. Her answer tells us how to fight unfairness, but also how to create saner and more productive working lives for everybody.\" * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\"An Economist Book of the Year\"\u003cbr\u003e\"A Behavioral Scientist's Notable Book\"\u003cbr\u003e\"A Wall Street Journal Favorite Political Book of the Year\"\u003cbr\u003e\"A FiveBooks Best Nonfiction Books of the Year\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Winner of the Richard A. Lester Book Award,  Industrial Relations Section Industrial Relations Section\"\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCareer and Family \u003c\/i\u003eis a radical book. It is also brilliantly researched and argued.\"\u003cb\u003e---Lily Meyer, \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eCareer and Family\u003c\/i\u003e]\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003elooks at how women have struggled to balance work and home over the decades. Among its many takeaways is the notion that female participation in the workplace changes the very nature of work.\"\u003cb\u003e---Rana Foroohar, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Goldin weaves together complicated data sets that no one else thought to look at. . . . [She] brings such data to life.\"\u003cb\u003e---Joan C. Williams, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003eThere are many reasons to read [\u003ci\u003eCareer and Family\u003c\/i\u003e]. The main one being that [it is] excellent. . . . Goldin is a natural teacher, which comes across on the page. The book is also, in some ways, deeply personal.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e---Emily Oster, \u003ci\u003eParentData\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Provocative and compelling.\" * The Economist *\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eCareer and Family\u003c\/i\u003e] traces the history of work and family for college-educated women, and diagnoses what still troubles their careers today.\" * The Economist *\u003cbr\u003e\"In this deeply researched, engagingly written, and surprisingly personal book, Goldin summarizes the history and current state of gender disparities in employment and pay, both in general and specifically for college-educated women.\"\u003cb\u003e---Barry Eichengreen, \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is no ordinary book. . . . Goldin has written a chatty, readable sequel to [Betty] Friedan’s [\u003ci\u003eThe Feminine Mystique]\u003c\/i\u003e, destined itself to become a paperback best-seller—all the more persuasive because it is rooted in the work of hundreds of other labor economists and economic historians over the years.\"\u003cb\u003e---David Warsh, \u003ci\u003eEconomic Principals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Combining diligent research with acute observations, accessible case studies, and practical solutions, this is a refreshing take on a pernicious social problem.\" * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\"A must-read for those who care about gender gaps. . . . Goldin does a compelling job of running through the historical data, providing the surrounding cultural context, and explaining how technological and legal changes affected women over the years. . . . In \u003ci\u003eCareer and Family\u003c\/i\u003e, Goldin expertly lays out the history of college-grad women’s advances in the work force, and she carefully dissects where the remaining gender gap originates.\"\u003cb\u003e---Robert VerBruggen, \u003ci\u003eInstitute for Family Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is a must-read.\"\u003cb\u003e---Melissa Davies, \u003ci\u003eSociety of Professional Economists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Goldin’s research carries important implications for addressing gender equality within the economics profession.\"\u003cb\u003e---Leonora Risse, \u003ci\u003eThe Conversation, Australia \u0026amp; New Zealand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Why do women still tend to earn less than men? There is nobody better placed to answer that question than economic historian Claudia Goldin, the winner of the 2023 Nobel memorial prize in economics. Her answer tells us how to fight unfairness, but also how to create saner and more productive working lives for everybody.\" * Financial Times *","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865551712599,"sku":"9780691228662","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691228662.jpg?v=1722274521"},{"product_id":"the-wealth-of-some-nations-9780745338859","title":"The Wealth of Some Nations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA taboo-busting critique of the transfer of wealth from the global South to the global North.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most significant book published on the political economy of imperialism in the 21st century, written by the foremost scholar of global imperialism today.' -- Immanuel Ness, author of 'Southern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class'\u003cbr\u003e'Global inequality isn't natural; it's created. Zak Cope explains how the rules of the international economy have been designed to benefit a few powerful nations in the Global North at the expense of most of the rest of the world. A brilliant intervention from one of the best scholars in the field.' -- Jason Hickel, Goldsmiths, University of London\u003cbr\u003e'Highly important and timely. Required reading for anyone interested in understanding the nature of current global capitalism, rather than remaining hoodwinked by the mythology of equality and liberty' -- Amiya Bagchi, Monash University\u003cbr\u003e'Powerfully challenges the imperialism-denial dominating Marxist theory and practice in Europe and North America and influential elsewhere. 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Conclusion: Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism Today \u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Physical Quality of Life in Capitalist and Socialist Countries \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865699430743,"sku":"9780745338859","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745338859.jpg?v=1782122893"},{"product_id":"just-transitions-social-justice-in-the-shift-towards-a-lowcarbon-world-9780745339924","title":"Just Transitions Social Justice in the Shift","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow can we secure jobs in the shift towards sustainable production?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Just Transition has become a broad concept providing justification for very different interest groups. 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Business in Just Transition: The Never-Ending Story of Corporate Sustainability - Nils Moussu (Université de Lausanne, Switzerland)\u003cbr\u003e  3. Australian Business: Embracing, Reconceptualising or Ignoring a Just Transition in Australia - Caleb Goods (University of Western Australia, Australia)\u003cbr\u003e  4. Tales From the Frontlines: Building a People-Led Just Transition in Jackson, Mississippi - Kali Akuno (Cooperation Jackson, USA)\u003cbr\u003e  5. What Transition? Collectively Imagining a Just and Low-Carbon Future for Río Negro, Argentina - Martín Álvarez Mullally (Observatorio Petrolero Sur, Argentina), Fernando Cabrera Christiansen (Observatorio Petrolero Sur, Argentina) and Laura Maffei (Sustainlabor, Argentina)\u003cbr\u003e  6. Resource Rich and Access Poor: Securing a Just Transition to Renewables in South Africa - Sandra van Niekerk (Public Services International Research Unit, UK) \u003cbr\u003e  7. The Story of Coal in Germany: A Model for Just Transition in Europe? - Alexander Reitzenstein (E3G, Germany), Sabrina Schulz (E3G, Germany) and Felix Heilmann (E3G, Germany)\u003cbr\u003e  8. A Top-Down Transition: A Critical Account of Canada’s Government-Led Phase-Out of the Coal Sector - Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Canada) and Ian Hussey (Parkland Institute, Canada)\u003cbr\u003e  9. Just Transition Solutions and Challenges in a Neoliberal and Carbon-Intensive Economy - Darryn Snell (RMIT University, Australia)\u003cbr\u003e  Notes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e  Index","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865699758423,"sku":"9780745339924","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745339924.jpg?v=1722275164"},{"product_id":"a-feminist-reading-of-debt-9780745341729","title":"A Feminist Reading of Debt","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWomen's lives are burdened by the weight of debt. But collectively, it can be resisted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An exciting, novel feminist book on the financialisation of life. It rescues debates on debt from abstraction and provides a key cartography of oppression. 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The book deserves to be a staple on any self-respecting critical reading list on work and employment. \u003ci\u003eThe Thought of Work\u003c\/i\u003e is part of a real renaissance in the interdisciplinary study of work and is to be applauded.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Tim Strangleman * British Journal of Industrial Relations *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Work as a Curse\u003cbr\u003e 2. Work as Freedom\u003cbr\u003e 3. Work as a Commodity\u003cbr\u003e 4. Work as Occupational Citizenship\u003cbr\u003e 5. Work as Disutility\u003cbr\u003e 6. Work as Personal Fulfillment\u003cbr\u003e 7. Work as a Social Relation\u003cbr\u003e 8. Work as Caring for Others\u003cbr\u003e 9. Work as Identity\u003cbr\u003e 10. 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The New Deal's most tangible legacy may be the Civilian Conservation Corps's network of parks, national forests, scenic roadways, and picnic shelters that still mark the country's landscape. CCC enrollees, most of them unmarried young men, lived in camps run by the Army and worked hard for wages (most of which they had to send home to their families) to preserve America's natural treasures. In The New Deal's Forest Army, Benjamin F. Alexander chronicles how the corps came about, the process applicants went through to get in, and what jobs they actually did. 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Maher, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University, \u003ci\u003eEnvironmental History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn informative history of America's \"tree army\" . . . The author's organizational method is outstanding for general readers with little or no knowledge of the CCC as well as appealing to readers who have read extensively about the Roosevelt presidency . . . This volume will be of interest to all readers. The next time you visit a state park with a rustic lodge, take a long look at the bronze plaque noting that it was built by the CCC and be sure to say \"Thank you.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Patricia Ann Owens, \u003ci\u003eSouth Dakota History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this concise and deliberate study, Benjamin F. Alexander demonstrates the origin, implementation, and ultimate demise of a program that gained tremendous popularity during the 1930s and ably presents why the CCC remains such a prominent part of New Deal history. Alexander's book is a snapshot of the 1930s with an explicit focus that provides significant depth to the CCC story . . . the book moves at a swift pace and is an eminently readable look at one of the most important periods in American history. Alexander succeeds in explaining how the CCC worked and in doing so provides a book will make a great text for use in the classroom.\u003cbr\u003e—Douglas Sheflin, Colorado State University, \u003ci\u003eWestern Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBenjamin Alexander fills an important gap in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) literature with his detailed description of the program from its inception in the trough of the Great Depression to its demise at the beginning of World War II . . . Alexander weaves statistics and details about events during the program with colorful narratives that make this book an engaging read . . . I believe that anyone interested in the Great Depression era or in relief programs like those in the New Deal will benefit from reading it.\u003cbr\u003e—Erin McGuire, Georgia Institute of Technology, \u003ci\u003eEH.Net\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. How the CCC Came About\u003cbr\u003e2. How Boys and Men Joined the CCC\u003cbr\u003e3. How the Enrollees Labored and Learned\u003cbr\u003e4. How the Enrollees Spent Their Leisure Time\u003cbr\u003e5. How the Coming of War Spelled the End of the CCC\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eSuggested Further Reading\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866937733463,"sku":"9781421424569","price":24.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421424569.jpg?v=1722280992"},{"product_id":"getting-away-from-it-all-9781439918746","title":"Getting Away from It All","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVacations are a delimited period during which social rules and responsibilities are eased, removed, or shifted, and people have increased autonomy over what they choose to do. Recent trends in the travel industry emphasize the appeal of vacations for voluntary identity changeswhen bankers can become bikers for a week or when Momcations allow mothers to leave their families behind. 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This book is excellent in that it not only provides a well-explained background of the problem of private regulation in global supply chains but also builds upon previous research to add texture to arguments.\u003c\/p\u003e * ILR Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work of Kuruvilla with his fellow researchers, \u003ci\u003ePrivate Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chain\u003c\/i\u003es, is both an excellent introduction and a serious study of the issue. Kuruvilla presents the results of analyses and his arguments in an easy-to-read manner while employing sound, uncompromising methodology. 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