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No-Collar
Andrew Ross
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Description for No-Collar
Paperback. While the Internet bubble has burst, the New Economy that the Internet produced is still with us, along with the myth of a workplace built around more humane notions of how people work and spend their days in offices. This is a study of New Economy workplaces in their heyday. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
While the internet bubble has burst, the New Economy that the internet produced is still with us, along with the myth of a workplace built around more humane notions of how people work and spend their days in offices. No-Collar is the only close study of New Economy workplaces in their heyday. Andrew Ross, a renowned writer and scholar of American intellectual and social life, spent eighteen months deep inside Silicon Alley in residence at two prominent New Economy companies, Razorfish and 360hiphop, and interviewed a wide range of industry employees in other cities to write this remarkable book. ... Read more
While the internet bubble has burst, the New Economy that the internet produced is still with us, along with the myth of a workplace built around more humane notions of how people work and spend their days in offices. No-Collar is the only close study of New Economy workplaces in their heyday. Andrew Ross, a renowned writer and scholar of American intellectual and social life, spent eighteen months deep inside Silicon Alley in residence at two prominent New Economy companies, Razorfish and 360hiphop, and interviewed a wide range of industry employees in other cities to write this remarkable book. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781592131501
SKU
V9781592131501
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Ref
99-1
About Andrew Ross
Andrew Ross is Professor in the American Studies program at New York University. A writer for Artforum, The Nation, The Village Voice, and many other publications, he is the author or editor of thirteen books, including The Celebration Chronicles, Real Love, The Chicago Gangster Theory of Life, Strange Weather, No Respect, and, most recently, Low Pay, High Profile: The Global ... Read more
Reviews for No-Collar
"Provides a balanced, richly textured, and, in the end, chilling account of work in the high-tech digitized world of the New Economy."-William Wolman, The Los Angeles Times Book Review "No-Collar is a wonderful read, with well-written prose and an engaging style. It can be read as an interesting story about a period of time, a description of a particular group ... Read more