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Darwin's moving

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    NeWest Press, 2017
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    NeWest Press, 2017
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Lambert, Taylor
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    2017
    Summary:

    Darwin's Moving introduces readers to the colourful characters who populate the furniture moving trade, a male-dominated world of labour with relatively high pay and no need for education of any sort. Movers have a unique window into the private spaces of the city as they perform their difficult and delicate job inside all manner of homes, from government-subsidized housing developments to multi-million dollar McMansions. Taylor Lambert intriguingly explores class and work in a city that would rather focus on the wealth and prosperity brought to it by the oil and gas industry. Darwin's Moving shows us the Other Calgary, a world populated by transient men and women struggling to survive in a boomtown's shadow.

    Contents:
    • Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Authorâ#x80;#x99;s Note; A Day In the Life; How I Got Here; Darwin; The Trucks; The Movers; Jesse; The Boss and His Boys; Keith.
    Original Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta, NeWest Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781988732046, 1988732042, 9781988732053, 1988732050