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Amazon, Warehousing, and the Politics of Exploitation
出版Univ of California Press, 2023-08
主題Business & Economics / Labor / GeneralBusiness & Economics / ManagementBusiness & Economics / CommerceSocial Science / Sociology / GeneralSocial Science / Social Classes & Economic DisparitySocial Science / Technology Studies
ISBN05203883809780520388383
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Wp-3EAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋"From famously humble origins in founder Jeff Bezos's garage, Amazon has grown to become one of the most successful businesses in history, able to deliver virtually anything to virtually anywhere thanks to its vast worldwide network of fulfillment centers. Unsustainable looks inside the company's warehouses to reveal that the rise of Amazon, and warehousing more generally, is made possible by the exploitation of workers' labor and communities' resources, including the natural environment. Juliann Emmons Allison and Ellen Reese expose the real-world repurcussions of these pernicious practices through a chilling case study of the socioeconomic and environmental harms associated with the largely unchecked growth of warehousing within 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 Amazon and 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"--