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Nice Work If You Can Get It Life and Labor in Precarious Times Andrew Ross a N EW YO R K UN IVER SITY PR E S S New York and London NYU SERIES IN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS General Editor: Andrew Ross Nice Work If You Can Get It: Life and Labor in Precarious Times Andrew Ross NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London www.nyupress.org© 2009 by New York University All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ross, Andrew, 1956Nice work if you can get it : life and labor in precarious times / Andrew Ross. p. cm. — (NYU series in social and cultural analysis) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978–0–8147–7629–2 (cl : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0–8147–7629–9 (cl : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978–0–8147–7635–3 (e-book : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0–8147–7635–3 (e-book : alk. paper) 1. Employment in foreign countries. 2. Alien labor. 3. Globalization. I. Title. HF5382.55.R67 2009 331.6’2—dc22 2008045880 New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. We strive to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the greatest extent possible in publishing our books. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...

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