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Nomadland : surviving America in the twenty-first century
Tag	Description
001	$ 000068730087
020	$a9781800750302 (paperback)
082	$a331.398
100	$aBruder, Jessica
300	$axiv, 273 pages :$billustrations ;$c20 cm.
504	$aIncludes bibliographical references.
520	$aFrom the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce programme in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labour pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads: migrant labourers who call themselves 'workampers.' On frequently travelled routes between seasonal jobs, Jessica Bruder meets people from all walks of life: a former professor, a McDonald's vice president, a minister, a college administrator, and a motorcycle cop, among many others; including her irrepressible protagonist, a onetime cocktail waitress, Home Depot clerk, and general contractor named Linda May.
650	$aOlder people$xEmployment
650	$aRetirees$xEmployment
650	$aRetirement$xEconomic aspects
650	$aCasual labor
650	$aWorking poor
650	$aMigrant labor
650	$aRecreational vehicle living
650	$aVan life