The Resource Nomadland : surviving America in the twenty-first century, Jessica Bruder
Nomadland : surviving America in the twenty-first century, Jessica Bruder
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- Summary
- "From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads: migrant laborers who call themselves "workampers." In a secondhand vehicle she christens "Van Halen," Jessica Bruder hits the road to get to know her subjects more intimately. Accompanying her irrepressible protagonist, Linda May, and others, from campground toilet cleaning to warehouse product scanning to desert reunions, then moving on to the dangerous work of beet harvesting, Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy--one that foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us. At the same time, she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive. Like Linda May, who dreams of finding land on which to build her own sustainable "Earthship" home, they have not given up hope."--Jacket flap
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 273 pages
- Contents
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- Foreword
- Part one: The Squeeze Inn
- The end
- Surviving America
- Escape plan
- Part two: Amazon town
- The gathering place
- The Rubber Tramp Rendezvous
- Halen
- Some unbeetable experiences
- Part three: The H word
- Homecoming
- Coda: The octopus in the coconut
- Isbn
- 9780393356311
- Label
- Nomadland : surviving America in the twenty-first century
- Title
- Nomadland
- Title remainder
- surviving America in the twenty-first century
- Statement of responsibility
- Jessica Bruder
- Title variation
- Nomad land
- Subject
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- trueCommunities
- trueEconomic security
- trueHomeless persons
- trueHousing
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- trueMigrant workers
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- Older people -- Employment
- Older people -- Employment -- United States
- truePoor people
- Recreational vehicle living
- Recreational vehicle living
- Recreational vehicle living -- United States
- trueRetirees
- Retirees -- Economic conditions
- Retirees -- Employment
- Retirees -- Employment
- Retirees -- Employment -- United States
- trueRetirement
- Retirement -- Economic aspects
- Retirement -- Economic aspects
- Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes & Economic Disparity
- trueSeniors
- trueSurvival (Economics)
- United States
- United States
- trueUnited States -- Economic conditions
- Van life
- Van life
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions
- Casual labor
- Casual labor
- Casual labor -- United States
- Van life -- United States
- Working poor
- Working poor
- Working poor -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads: migrant laborers who call themselves "workampers." In a secondhand vehicle she christens "Van Halen," Jessica Bruder hits the road to get to know her subjects more intimately. Accompanying her irrepressible protagonist, Linda May, and others, from campground toilet cleaning to warehouse product scanning to desert reunions, then moving on to the dangerous work of beet harvesting, Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy--one that foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us. At the same time, she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive. Like Linda May, who dreams of finding land on which to build her own sustainable "Earthship" home, they have not given up hope."--Jacket flap
- Award
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- New York Times Notable Book, 2017
- Library Journal Best Books, 2017.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2017.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10574449
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bruder, Jessica
- Dewey number
- 331.3/980973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Older people
- Retirees
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- Casual labor
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- Recreational vehicle living
- Van life
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Casual labor
- Migrant labor
- Older people
- Recreational vehicle living
- Retirees
- Retirement
- Van life
- Working poor
- United States
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- surviving America in the twenty-first century
- Label
- Nomadland : surviving America in the twenty-first century, Jessica Bruder
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273)
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- Contents
- Foreword -- Part one: The Squeeze Inn -- The end -- Surviving America -- Escape plan -- Part two: Amazon town -- The gathering place -- The Rubber Tramp Rendezvous -- Halen -- Some unbeetable experiences -- Part three: The H word -- Homecoming -- Coda: The octopus in the coconut
- Control code
- ocn971352344
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 273 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393356311
- Lccn
- 2017018056
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
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- 40027481531
- 40027675816
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)971352344
- Label
- Nomadland : surviving America in the twenty-first century, Jessica Bruder
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273)
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- Contents
- Foreword -- Part one: The Squeeze Inn -- The end -- Surviving America -- Escape plan -- Part two: Amazon town -- The gathering place -- The Rubber Tramp Rendezvous -- Halen -- Some unbeetable experiences -- Part three: The H word -- Homecoming -- Coda: The octopus in the coconut
- Control code
- ocn971352344
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 273 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393356311
- Lccn
- 2017018056
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
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- 40027481531
- 40027675816
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- illustrations
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- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)971352344
Subject
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- trueHomeless persons
- trueHousing
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- trueMigrant workers
- Older people -- Employment
- Older people -- Employment
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- truePoor people
- Recreational vehicle living
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- Retirees -- Employment
- Retirees -- Employment
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- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes & Economic Disparity
- trueSeniors
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- United States
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- trueUnited States -- Economic conditions
- Van life
- Van life
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions
- Casual labor
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- Van life -- United States
- Working poor
- Working poor
- Working poor -- United States
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- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Paperback Nonfiction
- trueLibrary Journal Top Ten
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2017
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Business
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Social Sciences Books: 2017
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