Workers in Hard Times Kathrynn A. Adams bringing to life a wonderful

bringing to life a wonderful tableau of characters from Sultans and Faqihs to dervishes

these stories and poems underscore the deep connection between creativity and place

leading to improved relationships at home and

the survivor of incest herself as she attempts to understand the links of meaning in her mind between her incest experience and her subsequent eating disorder

or of Heinrich Schliemann's quest to prove the authenticity of Homer's Iliad by searching for ancient Troy in Turkey

Workers in Hard Times Kathrynn A. Adams bringing to life a wonderfulSeeking to historicize today's ''Great Recession,"" this volume of essays uses examples from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia to situate the current economic crisis and its impact on workers in the context of previous abrupt shifts in the modern day capitalist marketplace. Contributors argue that factors such as race, sex, and state intervention have mediated both the effect of economic depressions on workers' lives and