List of Exhibits About the Authors Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Mapping the Contours of Work Scenes From the New Economy Culture and Work Structure and Work Agency and Careers Chapter 2: New Products, New Ways of Working, and the New Economy A Postindustrial Society? The End of Mass Production? New Skills? New Cultures of Control? The End of Organized Labor? A New Global Economy? Chapter 3: Economic Inequality, Social Mobility, and the New Economy Are Economic Divides Narrowing or Widening in the United States? Are Career Pathways Opening or Closing? Is the Global Economy Becoming More Flat or Bumpy? Chapter 4: Whose Jobs Are Secure Risk and Work: Historical and Comparative Views How Insecure Are Workers in the New Economy? The Costs of Job Loss and Insecurity Responding to Insecurity: Old and New Careers Chapter 5: A Fair Day's Work? The Intensity and Scheduling of Jobs in the New Economy Time, Intensity, and Work How Much Should We Work? Comparative Frameworks Why Are Americans Working So Much? Nonstandard Schedules: Jobs in a 24/7 Economy How Americans Deal With Overwork Chapter 6: Gender Chasms in the New Economy When Did Home Work Become Nonwork? Women's Participation in the Paid Labor Force in America Gender Inequalities in Compensation Socialization, Career Selection, and Career Paths Interpersonal Discrimination in the Workplace Structural Dimensions of Gender Discrimination Strategies to Bridge the Care Gaps: International Chapter 7: Race, Ethnicity, and Work: Legacies of the Past, Problems in the Present Histories of Race, Ethnicity, and Work Magnitude of Racial Inequality in the New Economy Intergenerational Transmission of Resources Geographic Distribution of Race and Work Opportunity Racial Prejudice and Discrimination Racialized Jobs Race, Ethnicity, and Work: Social Policy Chapter 8: Reshaping the Contours of the New Economy Opportunity Chasms Agents of Change Appendix: Legislative and Regulatory Time Line of Worker Rights and Protections in the United States References Index.