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Technology & Engineering Social Aspects

Wheel of Fortune

Work and Life in the Age of Falling Expectations

by (author) Jamie Swift

Publisher
Between the Lines
Initial publish date
May 1995
Category
Social Aspects, Labor, Training
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780921284895
    Publish Date
    May 1995
    List Price
    $19.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781926662602
    Publish Date
    May 1995
    List Price
    $13.95

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Jamie Swift combines sharp-eyed journalism that brings out the nuances of daily life with a penetrating analysis of jobless recovery. He describes the emerging world of work through the eyes and experiences of people in Kingston and Windsor——two Ontario cities with roots in the pre-industrial past, places poised for the post-industrial information age.

About the author

Kingston writer Jamie Swift is the author of a dozen books, most recently The Vimy Trap, or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War (with Ian McKay), finalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing and the Canadian Historical Association Prize for the Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History. He has held the Michener Foundation fellowship for public service journalism and was a longtime documentary producer for CBC-Radio’s “Ideas.” In addition to the writing life, he is a social justice advocate. He taught “Critical Perspectives on Business” at the Smith School of Business, Queen’s University for many years.

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