TY - BOOK AU - Doussard,Marc ED - Project Muse. TI - Degraded work: the struggle at the bottom of the labor market SN - 9780816685639 AV - HD8072.5 .D68 2013 U1 - 331.7/980973 23 PY - 2013///] CY - Minneapolis PB - University of Minnesota Press KW - Labor market KW - United States KW - Wages KW - Working poor KW - Labor KW - Unskilled labor KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-261) and index; New inequalities : the deterioration of local-serving industries -- Beyond low wages : the problem of degraded work -- The city that sweats work : growth and inequality in post-fordist Chicago -- Oases in the midst of deserts : how food retailers thrive in disinvested neighborhoods -- "They're happy to have a job" : mid-size supermarkets and degraded work -- Building degradation : dangerous work and falling pay during a construction boom -- A perfectly flexible workforce : day labor in a precarious industry -- New answers to new problems : the creative work of reversing degradation UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780816685639/ ER -