false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172706311m/209768.jpg 209768 4 A former "shoprat" in a Michigan auto plant offers a gritty account of life in the world of manufacturing, on and off the assembly line. Reprint. <i>NYT. PW. </i> 203031 1 7 1991 Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line total:281|5:86|4:115|3:65|2:14|1:1| 281 1114 344 58 4 1 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 08:44:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 09:36:49 -0700 2009 Ben Hamper worked on the production line of the General Motors bus and truck plant in Flint, Michigan from 1977 to 1988, and wrote about the experience in this book. It is a rambling and often funny account of mind-numbingly dull work, schemes employed by the workers to make it less dull, and the eq...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 08 17:53:11 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 17:54:29 -0800 2008
Hamper came from a long line of "shoprats." After a school career punctuated by brief moments of lucidity, during which he wrote passable poetry and showed some promise as a writ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Thu Oct 08 10:01:14 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 05:36:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 05:30:52 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 05:33:15 -0700 2009
Ben Hamper writes about his experience working the rivet line at the GM assembly plant in Flint, Michigan. He has an e...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 08:58:44 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 15:14:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Fri Dec 21 09:44:58 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 09:48:18 -0800 2007
It's the story of a fourth-generation shoprat growing up in Flint Michigan and, as everyone expected, going to work at the GM assembly line in the mid 1970's thru the mid 1980's. Hamper doesn't pull a...more...]]> 2 0 true false Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 19:40:19 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 08:34:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1993 Mon Sep 24 16:45:03 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 16:48:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 26 12:17:40 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 12:33:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 06 12:30:19 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 12:35:44 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Tue Apr 07 08:01:46 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 08:13:44 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Mon Mar 23 19:13:39 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 19:17:30 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Feb 07 17:27:46 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 17:29:33 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jan 02 15:26:49 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 15:27:46 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 09:23:40 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 09:31:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 20:26:07 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 10:57:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 24 05:30:26 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 05:30:26 -0800 2008
He tells what it is like ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jun 11 22:12:58 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 22:12:58 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 07:56:37 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 20:59:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Apr 19 12:25:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 12:28:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=209768