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Headhunters: Matchmaking in the Labor Market
by William Finlay
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Summary: "Publish or perish" doesn't mean worthwhile!
Content: We all know that there is pressure on academics to publish books--almost any books--to achieve tenure and credentials, and the reviews by academic publications on this one indicate that they all, understanding this, compliment each other's book. I guess they ... → Click here to read more reviews. | |
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Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing
by Jane Margolis
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Summary: An important book about the lack of females in computer science, yet the reasons put forward are not altogether convincing
Content: Like nearly all of the other computer science departments, the college where I teach has seen a dramatic decline in the number of people taking computer science (CS) courses. While some of it is understandable due to the publicity of the outsourcing of jobs ... → Click here to read more reviews. | |
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The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences
by Louis Uchitelle
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Summary: Good to read while waiting to be laid off
Content: Useful if grim and inconslusive look at another truly American phenomenon: layoffs.
The earlier parts of the book give a background and case study in how layoffs were once more or less an unthinkable last resort to how they're just business as ... → Click here to read more reviews. | |
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The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work
by Arlie Russell Hochschild
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Summary: Very dull
Content: I purchased this book in 1998, as it was a mandatory purchase for academic purposes. Prior to reading this work, it appeared to have potential. Unfortunately, I was quite disappointed. This book only dicsusses one particular case study, and although the ... → Click here to read more reviews. | |
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All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw
by Theodore Rosengarten
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Summary: a masterpiece
Content: Not much to say really--a great book about a very great man. For those who think the struggle for racial equality began in 1954 this book will widden their historical hisorical horizons. But what it shows to me above all are the heroic possibilities of ordinary ... → Click here to read more reviews. | |
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