One Hundred Jobs: A Panorama of Work in the American City

By Ron Howell

Using New York City as a microcosm of the American economy, One Hundred Jobs paints an original and revealing portrait of work in all its differences and extremes. Veteran journalist Ron Howell has interviewed one hundred workers to find out what they do all day, how they do it, how they are compensated, and how they view their working lives. These portraits are accompanied by statistics such as salary, health care benefits, average hours of work per week, and educational background, along with Pulitzer Prize winner Ozier Muhammad's photographs of each employee at his or her job site. From locksmith to landlord, dermatologist to magician, hair braider to World Wide Web coordinator, the profiles in One Hundred Jobs demonstrate the remarkable diversity of American workers today, highlighting the differences in expectation and experience across the employment spectrum.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565844300
• ISBN13: 9781565844308
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Recommended for students of economics and the workplace.

One Hundred Jobs: A Panorama Of Work In The American City is an original and revealing portrait of the American jobs and an economy of differences and extremes. Journalist Ron Howell interviewed one hundred workers in New York City to find out what they do all day, how they do it, how they are compensated, and how they view their working lives. These portraits are enhanced with statistics (including salary, health-care benefits, average hours of work per week, and educational background) along with Ozier Muhammad's photographs of each employee's job site. From a lawyer to a school teacher, from locksmith to landlord, from a drug dealer to a cardiologist, from an executive assistant to a traffic "spotter", this compendium demonstrates the remarkable diversity of American workers today, highlighting differences in expectation and experience across the employment spectrum. A powerful composite of work in America, One Hundred Jobs is accessible, engaging, and informative reading for students of American economics and the contemporary workplace.

Fantastic Book!

A very entertaining book,about the lives,of everday working people,doing unusual,unique jobs in NY.We often pass,these folks on the street,not realizing,what a special part they contribute to NYC!I Highly recommend this book!