{"product_id":"9781801107228","title":"Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality","description":"Author: Press, Eyal\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781801107228\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 May 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA compelling investigation into the phenomenon of dirty work     labour that society considers essential, but morally compromised. \u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This book will prompt a public reckoning with inequality in work'\u003c\/b\u003e Michael J. Sandel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A scathing and thoughtful book about labor and principles'\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca Solnit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A writer in the tradition of George Orwell and Martha Gellhorn'\u003c\/b\u003e Corey Robin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Confronts a series of deep and vexing moral questions... Penetrating, astutely observed, beautifully written'\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Radden Keefe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuards who patrol the wards of America's most violent and abusive prisons. Undocumented immigrants who man the 'kill floors' of industrial slaughterhouses. Roustabouts who drill for oil on offshore rigs. And drone operators who kill people from thousands of miles away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the essential workers we prefer not to think about. Their morally dubious, often physically violent and dangerous activity sustains modern society yet is concealed from our gaze. It is work that falls disproportionately in deprived areas, on immigrants and people of colour, and entails a less familiar set of occupational hazards     stigma, shame and moral injury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEyal Press reveals fundamental truths about the morality of work and the hidden costs of inequality. Striking, sophisticated and nuanced, \u003ci\u003eDirty Work\u003c\/i\u003e will change the way you think about society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46631840120990,"sku":"UBD-9781801107228","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781801107228.jpg?v=1774309914","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781801107228","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}