03401cam a2200289 4500 544301176 TxAuBib 20211226120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780593416150 0593416155 63d169bd-9e7d-4632-b7e7-2eac70b21a6e OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6120150 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Stockman, Farah. American Made [Libby] : What Happens to People When Work Disappears. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2021. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 329MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 329MB. Politics. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:What happens when Americans lose their jobs?  In American Made, an illuminating story of ruin and reinvention, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Farah Stockman gives an up-close look at the profound role work plays in our sense of identity and belonging, as she follows three workers whose lives unravel when the factory they have dedicated so much to closes down. “With humor, breathtaking honesty, and a historian’s satellite view, American Made illuminates the fault lines ripping America apart.”—Beth Macy, author of Factory Man and Dopesick Shannon, Wally, and John built their lives around their place of work. Shannon, a white single mother, became the first woman to run the dangerous furnaces at the Rexnord manufacturing plant in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was proud of producing one of the world’s top brands of steel bearings. Wally, a black man known for his initiative and kindness, was promoted to chairman of efficiency, one of the most coveted posts on the factory floor, and dreamed of starting his own barbecue business one day. John, a white machine operator, came from a multigenerational union family and clashed with a work environment that was increasingly hostile to organized labor. The Rexnord factory had served as one of the economic engines for the surrounding community. When it closed, hundreds of people lost their jobs. What had life been like for Shannon, Wally, and John, before the plant shut down? And what became of them after the jobs moved to Mexico and Texas?   American Made is the story of a community struggling to reinvent itself. It is also a story about race, class, and American values, and how jobs serve as a bedrock of people’s lives and drive powerful social justice movements. This revealing book shines a light on a crucial political moment, when joblessness and anxiety about the future of work have made themselves heard at a national level. Most of all, American Made is a story about people: who we consider to be one of us and how the dignity of work lies at the heart of who we are. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-12-25 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=63d169bd-9e7d-4632-b7e7-2eac70b21a6e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=63d169bd-9e7d-4632-b7e7-2eac70b21a6e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)