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Dirty work : essential jobs and the hidden toll of inequality in America Cover Image Book

Dirty work : essential jobs and the hidden toll of inequality in America / Eyal Press.

Press, Eyal, (author.).

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"An urgent report from the front lines of "dirty work"-the work that society considers essential but morally compromised"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780374140182
  • ISBN: 0374140189
  • Physical Description: 303 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-284) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Behind the walls. Dual loyalties ; The other prisoners ; Civilized punishment -- Behind the screens. Joystick warriors ; The other 1 percent -- On the kill floors. Shadow people ; "Essential workers" -- The metabolism of the modern world. Dirty energy ; Dirty tech -- Epilogue.

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Equality > United States.
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