Unsustainable: Amazon, Warehousing, and the Politics of Exploitation
Unsustainable: Amazon, Warehousing, and the Politics of Exploitation
From famously humble origins, Amazon has grown to become one of the most successful businesses in history. In its effort to provide its trademark fast and convenient "Prime" delivery, the company built a vast worldwide network of fulfillment centers and warehouses. Unsustainable looks inside the company's warehouses to reveal that the rise of Amazon is only made possible by the exploitation of workers' labor and communities' resources. Juliann Emmons Allison and Ellen Reese expose the real-world repercussions of these pernicious strategies through a chilling case study of the socioeconomic and environmental harms associated with the largely unchecked growth of warehousing in Inland Southern California, one of the nation's largest logistics hubs, where Amazon is the largest private-sector employer. Tracing the rise of grassroots resistance to the warehouse industry by workers and communities across this region, the country, and the globe, Unsustainable provides fresh insight into one of the most important and far-reaching struggles of our time.
$15.03
Original: $42.95
-65%
Unsustainable: Amazon, Warehousing, and the Politics of Exploitation—
$42.95
$15.03
Product Information
Shipping & Returns
Description
From famously humble origins, Amazon has grown to become one of the most successful businesses in history. In its effort to provide its trademark fast and convenient "Prime" delivery, the company built a vast worldwide network of fulfillment centers and warehouses. Unsustainable looks inside the company's warehouses to reveal that the rise of Amazon is only made possible by the exploitation of workers' labor and communities' resources. Juliann Emmons Allison and Ellen Reese expose the real-world repercussions of these pernicious strategies through a chilling case study of the socioeconomic and environmental harms associated with the largely unchecked growth of warehousing in Inland Southern California, one of the nation's largest logistics hubs, where Amazon is the largest private-sector employer. Tracing the rise of grassroots resistance to the warehouse industry by workers and communities across this region, the country, and the globe, Unsustainable provides fresh insight into one of the most important and far-reaching struggles of our time.
You may also like
NEW
Influence Empire: The Story of Tencent and China's Tech Ambition: Shortlisted for the FT Business Book of 2022
$10.96
NEW
Knockout: Great Australian Boxing Stories
$8.77
NEW
Trial and Retribution: The unmissable legal thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama
$8.77
NEW
The Lives of Octopuses and Their Relatives: A Natural History of Cephalopods
$37.25
NEW
Tools for Cooks
$8.77
NEW
Release
$8.77
NEW
Breakdown: The humane Irish Bestseller about the dark side of modern
$10.96
-65%NEW
The Just Bento Cookbook: Everyday Lunches to Go
$8.77
$3.07
-65%NEW
High Tea
$10.96
$3.84
NEW
Power of the Pedal: The Story of Australian Cycling
$10.96
-65%NEW
At My Mother's Knee
$8.77
$3.07
-65%NEW
Healthy Thermo Cooking for Busy Families: For all brands of thermo appliance
$10.96
$3.84
$15.03
Original: $42.95
-65%
Unsustainable: Amazon, Warehousing, and the Politics of Exploitation—