Nomadland
Surviving America in the Twenty-first Century
Waterville : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
Format: Large Print
Description: 461 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
From the North Dakota beet fields to California's National Forest campgrounds to Amazon's Texas CamperForce program, employers have discovered a new low-cost labor pool: transient older Americans. With Social security coming up short, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands, forming a growing community of migrant laborers dubbed "workampers." In a secondhand vehicle christened "Van Halen," Bruder hits the road to tell an eye-opening tale of the American economy's dark underbelly. -- Page 4 of cover.
Contents:
The squeeze inn -- The end -- Surviving America -- Escape plan -- Amazon town -- The gathering place -- The rubber tramp rendezvous -- Halen -- Some unbeetable experiences -- The H word -- Homecoming -- Coda: the octopus in the coconut -- Acknowledgments -- Notes.
Subjects:
Older people -- Employment -- United States.
Casual labor -- United States.
Retirees -- Employment -- United States.
Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Working poor -- United States.
Migrant labor -- United States.
Recreational vehicle living -- United States.
Van life -- United States.
Large type books.
Older people -- Employment -- United States.
Casual labor -- United States.
Retirees -- Employment -- United States.
Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Working poor -- United States.
Migrant labor -- United States.
Recreational vehicle living -- United States.
Van life -- United States.
Large type books.
ISBN:
9781432846435
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Originally published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017].
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes bibliographical references.