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Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America
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88/100Author:
Eyal Press
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date:
August 17, 2021
A report from the front lines of "dirty work": the work that society considers essential but morally compromised.
What The Reviewers Say
... disturbing and necessary.
... makes a powerful case that, instead of vilifying dirty workers, Americans must reckon with what is being done in their name.
Press, a good reporter and even better writer, introduces us to people who have worked these jobs, without the harsh judgment they have encountered elsewhere.
Pulling information from sociological and economic studies, sometimes moving between sources at a dizzying pace, Press constructs a fascinating through-line.
