{"product_id":"9780609807071","title":"Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eBowe, John; Bowe, Marisa; Streeter, Sabin\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCrown\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\/21\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003e“An engaging, humorous, revealing, and refreshingly   human look at the bizarre, life-threatening, and delightfully humdrum exploits of   everyone from sports heroes to sex workers.” \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e -- Douglas Rushkoff, author of \u003ci\u003eCoercion\u003c\/i\u003e,   \u003ci\u003eEcstasy Club\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMedia Virus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis wide-ranging  survey of the American economy at the turn of the  millennium is stunning, surprising, and always entertaining. It gives us an  unflinching view of the fabric of this  country from the point of view of  the people who keep it all moving. The more than 120 roughly textured monologues that make up \u003ci\u003eGig\u003c\/i\u003e beautifully capture the voices of our fast-paced and diverse economy.  The selections demonstrate how much our world has changed--and stayed  the same--in the three decades prior to the turn of the millennium. If you think things have speeded  up, become more complicated and more technological, you're right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut people's attitudes about their jobs, their hopes and goals and  disappointments, endure. \u003ci\u003eGig's\u003c\/i\u003e soul isn't sociological--it's emotional. The wholehearted diligence  that people bring to their work is deeply, inexplicably moving. People  speak in these pages of the constant and complex stresses nearly all of  them confront on the job, but, nearly universally, they throw themselves  without reservation into coping with them. Instead of resisting work,  we seem to adapt to it. Some of us love our jobs, some of us don't, but  almost all of us are not quite sure what we would do without one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith all the hallmarks of another classic on this subject, \u003ci\u003eGig\u003c\/i\u003e is a fabulous read, filled with indelible voices from coast to coast.  After hearing them, you'll never again feel quite the same about how we  work.","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43365555634431,"sku":"9780609807071","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780609807071.jpg?v=1783452166","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780609807071","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}