Consuming work [electronic resource] : youth labor in America / Yasemin Besen-Cassino.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements -- Consuming work : introduction to youth work in America -- Would you like a job application with your coffee? -- Fun or exploitation? -- Pay or play? : US youth labor force and other industrialized countries with a comparative perspective -- "They need me here" : work as an alternative to school? -- "White, young, middle-class" : aesthetic labor, race and class in the youth labor force -- Origins of the gender wage gap : gender differences in the labor force -- Conclusion: the economic recession and the future of youth labor -- Appendix: tables and figures -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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