Cut Loose: Jobless and Hopeless in an Unfair Economy

by Victor Tan Chen

Book Overview

Years after the Great Recession, the economy is still weak, and an unprecedented number of workers have sunk into long spells of unemployment. Cut Loose provides a vivid and moving account of the experiences of some of these men and women, through the example of a historically important group: autoworkers. Their well-paid jobs on the assembly lines built a strong middle class in the decades after World War II. But today, they find themselves...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520283015
• ISBN13: 9780520283015
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"