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Books that Shaped Work in America
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The Grapes of Wrath
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The Jungle
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My Ántonia
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O Pioneers!
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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Silent Spring
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The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
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Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
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The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada, #1)
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The Help
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Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 2,976,829 ratings
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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Leaves of Grass
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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How to Win Friends & Influence People
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Of Mice and Men
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Death of a Salesman
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The Feminine Mystique
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3.87 avg rating — 30,415 ratings
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
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Olivia (Olivia, #1)
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The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression
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Amity Shlaes (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 6,220 ratings
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The Way to Wealth (Books of American Wisdom)
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The Day the Crayons Quit
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The Federalist Papers
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McGuffey's Eclectic Primer
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I'm a Frog! (Elephant and Piggie, #20)
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale
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Mark the Match Boy (Ragged Dick, #3)
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3.93 avg rating — 114 ratings
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Roughing It
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3.87 avg rating — 10,136 ratings
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Life on the Mississippi
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3.87 avg rating — 15,412 ratings
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How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York
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Webbs: On Industrial Democracy: 3-Volume Set: A Palgrave MacMillan Archive Collection
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The Principles of Scientific Management
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3.66 avg rating — 965 ratings
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The Song of the Lark
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Democracy and Education
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The Age of Innocence
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Oil!
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The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
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4.01 avg rating — 258,613 ratings
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My Man Godfrey
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3.55 avg rating — 60 ratings
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General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
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3.85 avg rating — 5,698 ratings
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Anthem
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3.61 avg rating — 164,941 ratings
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Native Son
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4.04 avg rating — 103,681 ratings
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An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy Vol. 1
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4.11 avg rating — 124 ratings
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Bicycle Thieves
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3.34 avg rating — 268 ratings
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The Seven Storey Mountain
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Thieves' Market
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Executive suite
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
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Waterfront
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3.96 avg rating — 281 ratings
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Profiles in Courage
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Guinness Book of World Records
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3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Organization Man
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3.79 avg rating — 357 ratings
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Atlas Shrugged
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The Best of Everything
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Capitalism and Freedom
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3.90 avg rating — 14,886 ratings
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The Other America: Poverty in the United States
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Manchild in the Promised Land
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What Do People Do All Day?
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
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4.30 avg rating — 572,332 ratings
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Unbought And Unbossed
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What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers
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3.71 avg rating — 16,950 ratings
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Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
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4.24 avg rating — 5,765 ratings
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Madam Secretary, Frances Perkins
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4.44 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Economics in One Lesson
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Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives
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3.68 avg rating — 539 ratings
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The Century Cycle
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Quality Productivity and Competitive Position
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Liar's Poker
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
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Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line
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Which Side Are You On?: Trying to Be for Labor When It's Flat on Its Back
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The Girls in the Balcony: Women, Men, and The New York Times
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Homestead: The Glory and Tragedy of an American Steel Town
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The Book of Virtues
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Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy Town
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Those That Mattered
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The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
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When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan
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Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself
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3.83 avg rating — 839 ratings
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Nine For Nine: The Pennsylvania Mine Rescue Miracle
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Andrew Morton (Goodreads Author)
4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Words of César Chávez
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3.79 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Open Wide the Freedom Gates: A Memoir: A Memoir
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4.18 avg rating — 320 ratings
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Madam Secretary
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This Is How We Do It: The Working Mothers' Manifesto
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The Given Day (Coughlin #1)
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4.07 avg rating — 28,276 ratings
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
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The Talent Masters: Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
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4.48 avg rating — 114,233 ratings
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Working in the Shadows: A Year of Doing the Jobs (Most) Americans Won't Do
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Gabriel Thompson (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 713 ratings
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The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
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Profiles in Courage for Our Time
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Who Stole the American Dream?
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With God on Our Side: The Struggle for Workers' Rights in a Catholic Hospital
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My Beloved World
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