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Wheel of Fortune: Work and Life in the Age of Falling Expectations

Jamie Swift combines sharp-eyed journalism that brings out the nuances of daily life with a penetrating analysis of jobless recovery. He describes the emerging world of work through the eyes and experiences of people in Kingston and Windsor—two Ontario cities with roots in the pre-industrial past, places poised for the post-industrial information age.

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Wheel of Fortune: Work and Life in the Age of Falling Expectations

Jamie Swift combines sharp-eyed journalism that brings out the nuances of daily life with a penetrating analysis of jobless recovery. He describes the emerging world of work through the eyes and experiences of people in Kingston and Windsor—two Ontario cities with roots in the pre-industrial past, places poised for the post-industrial information age.

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Wheel of Fortune: Work and Life in the Age of Falling Expectations

Wheel of Fortune: Work and Life in the Age of Falling Expectations

by Jamie Swift
Wheel of Fortune: Work and Life in the Age of Falling Expectations
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Wheel of Fortune: Work and Life in the Age of Falling Expectations

Wheel of Fortune: Work and Life in the Age of Falling Expectations

by Jamie Swift

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Jamie Swift combines sharp-eyed journalism that brings out the nuances of daily life with a penetrating analysis of jobless recovery. He describes the emerging world of work through the eyes and experiences of people in Kingston and Windsor—two Ontario cities with roots in the pre-industrial past, places poised for the post-industrial information age.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781926662602
Publisher: Between the Lines
Publication date: 05/16/1995
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 288
File size: 572 KB

About the Author


Jamie Swift is the author of several books on politics, history, and social justice.


Kingston writer Jamie Swift is the author of numerous books. He works on social justice issues for the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul.

Table of Contents

**Preface


1 Introduction:** The Age of Falling Expectations



2 Windsor: “You Could Quit at Ford’s in the Morning …”



3 Kingston: “… With Not Much in Between”



4 The Training Gospel and the Army of Servants



5 Public Purpose, Know-how, and the War of Production



6 Private Troubles in the Border City



7 Collars of Many Colours in the Limestone City



8 Flexiworkers and the Future: “All That Is Solid Melts into Air”



9 Work, Time, and the Wheel of Fortune


**Notes


Index**

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