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Nomadland : surviving America in the twenty-first century
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ISBN: 1800750315 Year: 2020 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Swift,

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Nomadland : Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century.
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ISBN: 9780393249323 Year: 2017

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The end of retirement? From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads: migrant laborers who call themselves "workampers." On frequently traveled routes between seasonal jobs, Jessica Bruder meets people from all walks of life: a former professor, a McDonald's vice president, a minister, a college administrator, and a motorcycle cop, among many others—including her irrepressible protagonist, a onetime cocktail waitress, Home Depot clerk, and general contractor named Linda May. In a secondhand vehicle she christens "Van Halen," Bruder hits the road to get to know her subjects more intimately. Accompanying Linda May and others from campground toilet cleaning to warehouse product scanning to desert reunions, then moving on to the dangerous work of beet harvesting, Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy—one that foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us. At the same time, she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive. Like Linda May, who dreams of finding land on which to build her own sustainable "Earthship" home, they have not given up hope

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Nomadland : surviving America in the twenty-first century
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ISBN: 9780393356311 0393356310 9780393249316 Year: 2017 Publisher: New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.,

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From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short, often underwater on mortgages, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in late-model RVs, travel trailers, and vans, forming a growing community of nomads: migrant laborers who call themselves "workampers." In a secondhand vehicle she christens "Van Halen," Jessica Bruder hits the road to get to know her subjects more intimately. Accompanying her irrepressible protagonist, Linda May, and others, from campground toilet cleaning to warehouse product scanning to desert reunions, then moving on to the dangerous work of beet harvesting, Bruder tells an eye-opening tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy -- foreshadowing the precarious future that awaits many more of us. At the same time, she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive. Like Linda May, who dreams of finding land on which to build her own sustainable "Earthship" home, they have not given up hope


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Nomadland : ACADEMY AWARD WINNER: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress.
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ISBN: 9781800750319 Year: 2020 Publisher: London Swift Press

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Nomadland
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ISBN: 2211236812 9782211236812 Year: 2019 Publisher: Paris: Globe,

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Les mensonges et la folle cupidité des banquiers (autrement nommée « crise des subprimes ») les ont jetés à la rue. En 2008, ils ont perdu leur travail, leur maison, tout l’argent patiemment mis de côté pour leur retraite. Ils auraient pu rester sur place, à tourner en rond, en attendant des jours meilleurs. Ils ont préféré investir leurs derniers dollars et toute leur énergie dans l’aménagement d’un van, et les voilà partis. Ils sont devenus des migrants en étrange pays, dans leur pays lui-même, l’Amérique dont le rêve a tourné au cauchemar. Parfois, ils se reposent dans un paysage sublime ou se rassemblent pour un vide-greniers géant ou une nuit de fête dans le désert. Mais le plus souvent, ils foncent là où l’on embauche les seniors compétents et dociles : entrepôts Amazon, parcs d’attractions, campings… Parfois, ils s’y épuisent et s’y brisent.

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Older people --- Casual labor


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Snowden's box : trust in the age of surveillance
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ISBN: 9781788733434 9781788733465 9781788733458 Year: 2020 Publisher: London Verso

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Nomadland
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ISBN: 8717418588465 Year: 2021 Publisher: The Walt Disney Company

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Nomadland is de verfilming van de gelijknamige roman van Jessica Bruder uit 2017. Na de economische ineenstorting van de arbeidersstad van Nevada waar ze woonde, besluit Fern (Frances McDormand) met haar camper op pad te gaan en een nomadisch leven te leiden. Echte nomaden (Linda May, Swankie en Bob Wells) worden Fern's kameraden en mentoren en begeleiden haar in haar reis door de uitgestrekte vlakten van West-Amerika.

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Nomadland
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Year: 2021 Publisher: United States 20th Century Studios

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"Na de economische ondergang van haar bedrijf op het platteland van Nevada gaat Fern (Frances McDormand) met een bus op pad om de wereld te verkennen als een moderne nomade. Zo ontdekt ze een ander soort leven in het uitgestrekte landschap van het Amerikaanse westen. Onderweg sluit ze vriendschap met andere nomaden in deze ontroerende film over hoop en veerkracht. Nomadland is de derde film van regisseur Chloé Zhao en in de film schitteren onder anderen David Strathairn en de echte nomaden Linda May, Swankie en Bob Wells."--

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