Product Overview
Literature and Workis part of Longman'sThe Essential Literature Series. Thisanthologyintroduces students to work by having them read, discuss, and write about work-related topics, which are often connected to issues of gender, race, ethnicity, and class. The book features contemporary as well as classic literature with a global perspective. The literature is arranged under eight primary themes: Work: Definitions and Ideals, Entering the Work Force, Hard Work and Hard Times: The Working Poor, The Immigrant Experience, Class Struggle and the Dynamics of Power, Race, Gender, and the Dynamics of Power, Work and Ethics, and Work: Fulfillment and Disillusionment.