{"product_id":"care-the-highest-stage-of-capitalism-paperback","title":"Care: The Highest Stage of Capitalism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePremilla Nadasen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn eye-opening reckoning with the care economy, from its roots in racial capitalism to its exponential growth as a new site of profit and extraction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eSince the earliest days of the pandemic, care work has been thrust into the national spotlight. The notion of care seems simple enough. Care is about nurturing, feeding, nursing, assisting, and loving human beings. It is \"the work that makes all other work possible.\" But as historian Premilla Nadasen argues, we have only begun to understand the massive role it plays in our lives and our economy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNadasen traces the rise of the care economy, from its roots in slavery, where there was no clear division between production and social reproduction, to the present care crisis, experienced acutely by more and more Americans. Today's care economy, Nadasen shows, is an institutionalized, hierarchical system in which some people's pain translates into other people's profit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet this is also a story of resistance. Low-wage workers, immigrants, and women of color in movements from Wages for Housework and Welfare Rights to the Movement for Black Lives have continued to fight for and practice collective care. These groups help us envision how, given the challenges before us, we can create a caring world as part of a radical future.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePremilla Nadasen\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor of History at Barnard College, Columbia University. She served as president of the National Women's Studies Association (2018-2020) and is currently co-Director of the Barnard Center for Research on Women. Born in South Africa, Nadasen has been involved in social justice organizing for many decades and published extensively on the multiple meanings of feminism, alternative labor movements, and grass-roots community organizing. Among her many awards and fellowships are the Fulbright Visiting Professorship, the John Hope Franklin Prize, and the inaugural Ann Snitow Prize for feminist intellectual and social justice activism. Her books include \u003cem\u003eWelfare Warriors\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003cem\u003eThe Welfare Rights Movement in the United States\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHousehold Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement. \u003c\/em\u003eShe lives in the Bronx.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758993441056,"sku":"9781642599664","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5a4f47cd2d495120356206d5ff086b93.webp?v=1780140657","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/care-the-highest-stage-of-capitalism-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}