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Global Woman
Henry Holt and Co. 2004; US$ 17.99In a remarkable pairing, two renowned social critics offer a groundbreaking anthology that examines the unexplored consequences of globalization on the lives of women worldwide Women are moving around the globe as never before. But for every female executive racking up frequent flier miles, there are multitudes of women whose journeys go unnoticed.... more...
The Hearts of Men
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 13.95An explanation of recent sexual culture and the loosening of marriage bonds over the past 20 years. more...
Bait and Switch
Henry Holt and Co. 2006; US$ 12.99The bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed goes back undercover to do for America?s ailing middle class what she did for the working poor Barbara Ehrenreich?s Nickel and Dimed explored the lives of low-wage workers. Now, in Bait and Switch, she enters another hidden realm of the economy: the shadowy world of the white-collar unemployed. Armed... more...
Nickel and Dimed
Henry Holt and Co. 2010; US$ 14.99Our sharpest and most original social critic goes "undercover" as an unskilled worker to reveal the dark side of American prosperity. Millions of Americans work full time, year round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that... more...
This Land Is Their Land
Henry Holt and Co. 2008; US$ 14.99America in the ?aughts?hilariously skewered, brilliantly dissected, and darkly diagnosed by the bestselling social critic hailed as ?the soul mate?* of Jonathan Swift Barbara Ehrenreich?s first book of satirical commentary, The Worst Years of Our Lives , about the Reagan era, was received with bestselling acclaim. The one problem was the title:... more...
Bright-sided
Henry Holt and Co. 2009; US$ 15.99A sharp-witted knockdown of America?s love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism Americans are a ?positive? people?cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputation as well as our self-image. But more than a temperament, being positive, we are told, is the key to success and prosperity. In this... more...
Dancing in the Streets
Henry Holt and Co. 2007; US$ 17.99From the bestselling social commentator and cultural historian, a fascinating exploration of one of humanity's oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joy In the acclaimed Blood Rites , Barbara Ehrenreich delved into the origins of our species' attraction to war. Here, she explores the opposite impulse, one that has been so effectively... more...
Witches, Midwives, & Nurses
The Feminist Press at CUNY 2010; US$ 8.95A bestseller for decades, this contemporary classic gets a substantial new introduction by the authors. more...
Power Trip
Seven Stories Press 2011; US$ 14.95A concise dissection of the new U.S. unilateralism, Power Trip is the first book-length critique of this fundamental shift in U.S. foreign policy to consolidate and extend U.S. global control. Charting the new terrain of foreign policy after September 11 and demonstrating how the Bush administration is building on the policies of its successors, here... more...
Complaints & Disorders [Complaints and Disorders]
The Feminist Press at CUNY 2011; US$ 8.95New edition of this bestselling book about the history of sexism in the medical profession. more...









