Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America /
Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America. What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers often take multiple lo...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Henry Holt & Co.,
[2008]
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| Summary: | Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America. What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers often take multiple low-paying jobs just to keep a roof overhead. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in hardcover in 2001 by Metropolitan Books ; first Holt Paperbacks edition, 2002. With new afterword c2008. |
| Physical Description: | 244 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780805088380 0805088385 |