Customer Review: I agree with most people who read this book in saying that Barbara only gave us a glimpse into the world of minimum wage and trying to *live* on it. Skimmed the surface, so to speak. Even though, I enjoyed the book and thought it was well put together. Was there a lot left out that should have... more info
Customer Review: I consider this one of Ehrenreich's masterpieces. Having read some of her other books, I am by now familiar with her style of delivery and her ability to convey her experience and observations in readily "digestible" form. This short book is not short on information, warnings, observations, and... more info
Customer Review: Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy, edited by Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild, Metropolitan Books, Holt & Co, 2002. Most of us are well aware of the patterns of illegal immigration which bring numerous undocumented workers to the US and other... more info
Customer Review: I purchased this book looking for an historical perspective of women healers. Although this book does provide a history it is extremely biased towards the feminist idealogy. The book was written in the 70's and it shows with it's bias and underlying anger. The good thing about reading this is to... more info
Customer Review: Wow, was this book a disappointment! The premise was good and it might have been an interesting read if the author had any clue about what she was writing about, but her condescending attitude about the people she was interacting with made her seem like a total jerk, lacking empathy and... more info
Customer Review: Nickeled and Dimed has an interesting premise: an upper middle class woman tries to live on wages of an unskilled jobs in three different locations in the US. Here Ehrenreich describes her experiences doing just that and tries to relate these experiences to a larger frame of reference by laying out... more info
Customer Review: For men who think that feminism is a threat to the male sex, this book will open eyes and minds in the same way abolition liberated white slave-owners from their barbaric addiction to controlling other human beings against their will. And for women who see feminism as a threat to families, this book... more info
Customer Review: This book explains how and why our western European culture (among others) systematically represses our natural human inclination to cut loose and enjoy ourselves, and why it is so important for our emotional and political well-being that we continue to do so! Very thorough in explanations and... more info
Customer Review: The passions of war are just waiting to be triggered. Are you prepared to fight your emotional programming instead of for your nation? Any deep investigation of war needs to go into what we are, where we have evolved from, and the history of war and its cultural growth. The book has a good style and... more info
