Pegged In The Office!
Author : Scarlett Steele
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,80 MB
Release : 2018
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ISBN : 9780463799031
Author : Scarlett Steele
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,80 MB
Release : 2018
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ISBN : 9780463799031
Author : Benjamin C. Waterhouse
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 33,18 MB
Release : 2024-01-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0393868222
From side-hustlers to start-ups, freelancers to small business owners, Americans have a special affinity for people who make it on their own. But the dream has a dark side. “One day I’ll work for myself.” Perhaps you’ve heard some version of that phrase from friends, colleagues, family members—perhaps you’ve said it yourself. If so, you’re not alone. The spirit of entrepreneurship runs deep in American culture and history, in the films we watch and the books we read, in our political rhetoric, and in the music piping through our speakers. What makes the dream of self-employment so alluring, so pervasive in today’s world? Benjamin C. Waterhouse offers a provocative argument: the modern cult of the hustle is a direct consequence of economic failures—bad jobs, stagnant wages, and inequality—since the 1970s. With original research, Waterhouse traces a new narrative history of business in America, populated with vivid characters—from the activists, academics, and work-from-home gurus who hailed business ownership as our economic salvation to the upstarts who took the plunge. We meet, among others, a consultant who quits his job and launches a wildly popular beer company, a department store saleswoman who founds a plus-size bra business on the Internet, and an Indian immigrant in Texas who flees the corporate world to open a motel. Some flourish; some squeak by. Some fail. As Waterhouse shows, the go-it-alone movement that began in the 1970s laid the political and cultural groundwork for today’s gig economy and its ethos: everyone should be their own boss. While some people find success in that world, countless others are left bouncing from gig to gig—exploited, underpaid, or conned by get-rich-quick scams. And our politics doesn’t know how to respond. Accessible, fast-paced, and eye-opening, One Day I’ll Work for Myself offers a fresh, insightful cultural history of the U.S. economy from the perspective of the people within it, asking urgent questions about why we’re clinging to old strategies for progress—and at what cost.
Author : Canada. Patent Office
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Page : 1476 pages
File Size : 37,9 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Copyright
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Page : 794 pages
File Size : 13,57 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Footwear industry
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Author : United States. Patent Office
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Page : 1112 pages
File Size : 12,22 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Patents
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Author : United States. Patent Office
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Page : 1196 pages
File Size : 21,38 MB
Release : 1872
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Page : 1492 pages
File Size : 35,38 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Copyright
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Page : 68 pages
File Size : 19,70 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Commerce
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Author : United States House of Representatives
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Page : 794 pages
File Size : 16,9 MB
Release : 1855
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Author : Ross Thomson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 26,13 MB
Release : 2018-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1469644231
In 1800, shoes in the United States were made by craftsmen, each trained to create an entire shoe. A century later, shoes were mass-produced in factories employing dozens of machines and specialized workers. Ross Thomson describes this transition from craft to mechanized production in one of the largest American industries of the nineteenth century. Early shoe machinery originated through innovations made by shoemakers, tailors, and especially machinists. It continued to evolve through a process of "learning by selling," in which sales of one generation of machines led to technological learning and ongoing invention by those who used, serviced, and sold them. As a result of this process, the mechanization of the shoe industry and the manufacturers of the machinery it used -- including such firms as Singer and United Shoe Machinery -- evolved together. In researching the process of industrialization, Thomson examined nearly 8,000 patents. Comparing the patent information with directories for more than eighty American cities, he was able to find out who the inventors were, who employed them, how many patents they held, and the extent to which their inventions were used. Originally published in 1989. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.