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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsCheap Motels and a Hot Plate: An Economist's Travelogueby Michael D. Yates
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The road trip is a staple of modern American literature. But nowhere in American literature, until now, has a left-wing economist hit the road, observing and interpreting the extraordinary range and spectacle of U.S. life, bringing out its conflicts and contradictions with humor and insight. Disillusioned with academic life after thirty-two years teaching economics, Michael D. Yates took early retirement in 2001, with a pension account that had doubled during the dot.com frenzy of the late 1990s. He and his wife Karen sold their house, got rid of their belongings, and have moved around the country since then, often spending months at a time on the road. Michael and Karen spent the summer of 2001 in Yellowstone National Park, where Michael worked as a hotel front-desk clerk. They moved to Manhattan for a year, where he worked for Monthly Review. From there they went to Portland, Oregon, to explore the Pacific Northwest. After five months of travel in Summer and Fall 2004, they settled in Miami Beach. Ahead of the 2005 hurricane season, they went back on the road, settling this time in Colorado. Cheap Motels and a Hotplate is both an account of their adventures and a penetrating examination of work and inequality, race and class, alienation and environmental degradation in the small towns and big cities of the contemporary United States. Book News Annotation:In this account of a cross-country road trip taken in 2001 with his
wife, Yates (described as a disillusioned economist who took early
retirement from the U. of Pittsburgh at Johnstown) presents
demographic, economic trend, and some tourist information on each
area they visited. The book, whose title comes from his heightened
awareness that some Americans live in cheap motels out of necessity,
includes photos of rustic places they stayed.
Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) About the AuthorMichael D. Yates is associate editor of Monthly Review. He was professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown for many years. He is the author of Naming the System: Inequality and Work in the Global Economy and Why Unions Matter. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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