Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0805075097 ISBN 13: 9780805075090

Casa editrice: Henry Holt & Co, 2004

Riassunto

Two social scientists chart the consequences of the global economy on women across the world, revealing the underground economy that has turned many poor women into virtual slaves. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

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L'autore:

Barbara Ehrenreich is the bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed, Bait and Switch, Bright-sided, This Land Is Their Land, Dancing in the Streets and Blood Rites, among others. A frequent contributor to Harper's and The Nation, she has also been a columnist at The New York Times and Time magazine. She is the winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize for Current Interest and ALA Notable Books for Nonfiction.

Ehrenreich was born in Butte, Montana, when it was still a bustling mining town. She studied physics at Reed College, and earned a Ph.D. in cell biology from Rockefeller University. Rather than going into laboratory work, she got involved in activism, and soon devoted herself to writing her innovative journalism. She lives and works in Florida.

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• Editore: Henry Holt & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0805075097
• ISBN 13: 9780805075090
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336
• Redattore: Ehrenreich Barbara, Hochschild Arlie Russell