Forced to Care

by Evelyn Glenn and Evelyn Nakano Glenn

Book Overview

The United States faces a growing crisis in care. The number of people needing care is growing while the ranks of traditional caregivers have shrunk. The status of care workers is a critical concern.

Evelyn Nakano Glenn offers an innovative interpretation of care labor in the United States by tracing the roots of inequity along two interconnected strands: unpaid caring within the family; and slavery, indenture, and other forms of coerced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674064151
• ISBN13: 9780674064157
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"