Dirty work : essential jobs and the hidden toll of inequality in America /

Drone pilots who carry out targeted assassinations. Undocumented immigrants who man the "kill floors" of industrial slaughterhouses. Guards who patrol the wards of the United States' most violent and abusive prisons. Press offers a paradigm-shifting view of the moral landscape of cont...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Press, Eyal (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2021]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Equality > United States. Occupations > United States. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Behind the walls. Dual loyalties ; The other prisoners ; Civilized punishment
Behind the scenes. Joystick warriors ; The other 1 percent
On the kill floors. Shadow people ; "Essential workers"
The metabolism of the modern world. Dirty energy ; Dirty tech
Epilogue.