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"At the time, it was a powerful, terribly moving study of flesh-and-blood beings, men on the assembly line, demeaned and destroyed by a machine that is the system. On rereading it today, it is more overwhelming because it is even closer to the bone. Swados's feeling and prescience have made this novel more true than just about any piece of nonfiction on the subject of the contemporary workplace."--Studs Terkel
"Harvey Swados was a writer who stood apart from the prevailing fashions of his time. On the Line still has more to tell us about worker discontent--about the actual experience and aspirations of the factory class in America--than all the studies amassed by the government bureaus and foundation research committees will ever equal."--Hilton Kramer, New York Times Book Review

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The day the singer fell -- Fawn, with a bit of green -- Joe, the vanishing American -- A present for the boy -- On the line -- One for the road -- Just one of the boys -- Back in the saddle again -- The myth of the happy worker.

On the Line

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    A Paperback by Harvey Swados

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      Publisher MO - University of Illinois Press
      Published 1 January 1990
      ISBN-13 9780252060557
      978-0252060557
      ISBN-10 0252060555
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      Industrial relations, occupational health

      Description



      Trade Review
      "At the time, it was a powerful, terribly moving study of flesh-and-blood beings, men on the assembly line, demeaned and destroyed by a machine that is the system. On rereading it today, it is more overwhelming because it is even closer to the bone. Swados's feeling and prescience have made this novel more true than just about any piece of nonfiction on the subject of the contemporary workplace."--Studs Terkel
      "Harvey Swados was a writer who stood apart from the prevailing fashions of his time. On the Line still has more to tell us about worker discontent--about the actual experience and aspirations of the factory class in America--than all the studies amassed by the government bureaus and foundation research committees will ever equal."--Hilton Kramer, New York Times Book Review

      Table of Contents
      The day the singer fell -- Fawn, with a bit of green -- Joe, the vanishing American -- A present for the boy -- On the line -- One for the road -- Just one of the boys -- Back in the saddle again -- The myth of the happy worker.

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