INTERN NATION: HOW TO EARN NOTHING AND LEARN LITTLE By Ross Perlin HC DJ *NEW*

Description: This hardcover book, "Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy" by Ross Perlin, is a thought-provoking nonfiction narrative that delves into the issues surrounding internships in the modern economy. With a first edition published in 2011, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in labor and industrial relations, education, labor, sociology, and urban studies. The book measures 8.5 inches in length, 5.8 inches in width, and 1 inch in height and weighs 16.7 ounces. It has 258 pages, an ISBN-10 of 1844676862, and features a dust jacket. The book is in English and was published by Verso Books in the United States. It is not personalized, vintage, inscribed, or ex libris, and it is not signed. This book is intended for adults and belongs to the genres of business and economics, social science, and political science. Brand new. Fast, free shipping. Interns. They famously shuttle coffee in a thousand newsrooms, MPs' offices, and film sets, but they also deliver aid in Afghanistan, design high-end fashions, and build the human genome. They are of all ages, and their numbers are growing fast in an increasingly bleak economic landscape for young people. A huge and increasing number of internships are illegal under minimum wage law and this mass exploitation saves companies millions each year. Interns enjoy no workplace protections and no standing in courts of law--let alone luxuries such as a living wage. Ross Perlin, a self-confessed intern survivor, has written the first exposé of the brave new world of unpaid work. In this witty, astonishing, and serious investigative work, Perlin takes the reader inside both boutique nonprofits and megacorporations such as Disney. He unmasks a grotesque internship industry where coveted, unpaid placements are auctioned off and universities are complicit in exploiting student labour. He profiles fellow interns, talks to historians about what unleashed this phenomenon, and explains why the intern boom is perverting workplace practices in locations all around the world. Thought-provoking, insightful, and humorous, Intern Nation is an urgent call to overturn the latest racket in unpaid work.

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