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Consuming work : youth labor in America /

Youth labor is an important element in our modern economy, but as students' consumption habits have changed, so too have their reasons for working. In Consuming Work, Yasemin Besen-Cassino reveals that many American high school and college students work for social reasons, not monetary gain. Mo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Besen-Cassino, Yasemin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgements
  • Consuming work : introduction to youth work in America
  • Would you like a job application with your coffee?
  • Fun or exploitation?
  • Pay or play? : US youth labor force and other industrialized countries with a comparative perspective
  • "They need me here" : work as an alternative to school?
  • "White, young, middle-class" : aesthetic labor, race and class in the youth labor force
  • Origins of the gender wage gap : gender differences in the labor force
  • Conclusion: the economic recession and the future of youth labor
  • Appendix: tables and figures
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.