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Film, Video Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream

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Title

  • Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream

Summary

  • Barbara Ehrenreich discussed her 2005 book "Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream," which chronicles the often futile efforts of laid-off middle-class professionals to become re-employed in corporate America. The event was sponsored by the Science, Technology & Business Division.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2005-12-07.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Technology, Industry

Notes

  • -  Classification: Social Sciences.
  • -  Barbara Ehrenreich.
  • -  Recorded on 2005-12-07.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687731

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Technology Library Of Congress. Science. Bait and Switch: The Futile Pursuit of the American Dream. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -12-07, 2005. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687731/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Science, T. (2005) Bait and Switch: The Futile Pursuit of the American Dream. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -12-07. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687731/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Technology Library Of Congress. Science. Bait and Switch: The Futile Pursuit of the American Dream. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -12-07, 2005. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687731/>.