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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463413903321

Autore

Loomis Erik

Titolo

Out of sight : the long and disturbing story of corporations outsourcing catastrophe / / Erik Loomis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; London, [England] : , : The New Press, , 2015

©2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 pages)

Disciplina

338.6

Soggetti

Contracting out - Moral and ethical aspects - United States

Manufactures - Contracting out - United States

Industrial relations - United States

Labor - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION:THE SCOURGE OF CAPITAL MOBILITY; 1 STANDING UP TO CORPORATE DOMINATION; 2 WORKPLACE CATASTROPHES; 3 OUTSOURCING POLLUTION; 4 CONCEALED FOOD, BROKEN WORKERS; 5 THE CLIMATE IS FOR SALE; 6 THE WAY FORWARD; NOTES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Erik Loomis is an assistant professor of history at the University of Rhode Island. He blogs at <I>Lawyers, Guns, and Money</I> on labor and environmental issues past and present. His work has also appeared at Alternet, Truthout, and Salon. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island.