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5 books match the query 'Brody, David'

cover of Housekeeping by Design: Hotels and Labor

Housekeeping by Design

Hotels and Labor

David Brody

University of Chicago Press, 2016

One of the great pleasures of staying in a hotel is spending time in a spotless, neat, and organized space that you don’t have to clean. That doesn’t, however, mean the work disappears—when we’re not looking, someone else is doing it.

With Housekeeping by Design, David Brody introduces us to those people—the housekeepers whose labor keeps the rooms clean and the guests happy. Through unprecedented access to staff at several hotels, Brody shows us just how much work goes on behind the scenes—and how much management goes out of its way to make sure that labor stays hidden. We see the incredible amount of hard physical work that is involved in cleaning and preparing a room, how spaces, furniture, and other objects are designed to facilitate a smooth flow of hidden labor, and, crucially, how that design could be improved for workers and management alike if front-line staff were involved in the design process. After reading this fascinating exposé of the ways hotels work—or don’t for housekeepers—one thing is certain: checking in will never be the same again.
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cover of Labor in Crisis: THE STEEL STRIKE OF 1919

Labor in Crisis

THE STEEL STRIKE OF 1919

David Brody

University of Illinois Press, 1965

Conceived as a prologue to the 1930s industrial-union triumph in steel, Labor in Crisis explains the failure of unionization before the New Deal era and the reasons for mass-production unionism's eventual success.
Widely regarded as a failure, the great 1919 steel strike had both immediate and far-reaching consequences that are important to the history of American labor. It helped end the twelve-hour day, dramatized the issues of the rights to organize and to engage in collective bargaining, and forwarded progress toward the passage of the Wagner Act, which, in turn, helped trigger John L. Lewis's decision to launch the CIO.
 
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cover of STEELWORKERS IN AMERIA: THE NONUNION ERA

STEELWORKERS IN AMERIA

THE NONUNION ERA

David Brody

University of Illinois Press, 1960

     This edition of one of the seminal books in labor includes a new preface
        as well as a symposium on the book in which seven prominent historians
        discuss its significance and its place in the historiography of labor.
      "Steelworkers in America has emerged and remained one of
        the few genuinely classic works of U.S. labor history--one of the axiomatic
        starting points for any understanding of the new labor history."
        -- Roy Rosenzweig
      "The vision of Steelworkers has survived these thirty years
        and continues to inspire new work in labor history." -- Lizabeth
        Cohen
 
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The English Language Common Law Workbook

A Resource for Students Studying English-medium Law Degrees

Ian Collins and David Brody

University of Michigan Press, 2025

While thousands of international students study for Masters of Laws (LLM) degrees or other legal qualifications every year in the U.S. and other common law jurisdictions, many struggle to acculturate to the language demands of law school. Even with international exam scores demonstrating high levels of English, these students need to understand the concepts of common law to be successful. Since the hurdles to achieving success in EMI Law courses are greater than simply the challenge of mastering discipline-specific terminology, or learning particular grammar structures in legal texts, students need a resource that will help them learn to “think like a common law lawyer.”

The English Language Common Law Workbook is designed to support students in developing the core competencies necessary for studying in a common law context. It provides readings and exercises based on authentic legal materials for practicing critical reading and writing skills. In particular, it includes an extensive number of statutes and cases and accompanying exercises that give students an opportunity to work with the type of sources they will encounter in English-medium law degree programs. By emphasizing common law principles throughout, the book helps international students coming from non–common law jurisdictions familiarize themselves with how statutes and cases in common law countries are written and structured. Students are supported in critically reading statutes and cases by focusing on key terminology and language structures. Finally, the book supports students in applying the skills they learn to construct basic case briefs and answer hypothetical legal questions using the IRAC structure.
CEFR Levels: B2–C2
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cover of Visualizing American Empire: Orientalism and Imperialism in the Philippines

Visualizing American Empire

Orientalism and Imperialism in the Philippines

David Brody

University of Chicago Press, 2010

In 1899 an American could open a newspaper and find outrageous images, such as an American soldier being injected with leprosy by Filipino insurgents. These kinds of hyperbolic accounts, David Brody argues in this illuminating book, were just one element of the visual and material culture that played an integral role in debates about empire in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America.

Visualizing American Empire explores the ways visual imagery and design shaped the political and cultural landscape. Drawing on a myriad of sources—including photographs, tattoos, the decorative arts, the popular press, maps, parades, and material from world’s fairs and urban planners—Brody offers a distinctive perspective on American imperialism. Exploring the period leading up to the Spanish-American War, as well as beyond it, Brody argues that the way Americans visualized the Orient greatly influenced the fantasies of colonial domestication that would play out in the Philippines. Throughout, Brody insightfully examines visual culture’s integral role in the machinery that runs the colonial engine. The result is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of the United States, art, design, or empire.

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