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No shame in my game : the working poor in the inner city / Katherine S. Newman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newman, Katherine S., 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban poor--United States.
- Urban poor.
- Urban poor--Employment.
- United States.
- Urban poor--Employment--United States.
- Inner cities--United States.
- Inner cities.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 388 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Knopf and the Russell Sage Foundation, 1999.
- Summary:
- An inspiring story based on a two-year study conducted by the author and her graduate students who followed 300 job-seekers and workers at four fast-food restaurants in Harlem and attained results of their positive attitudes toward finding employment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-376) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0375402543
- OCLC:
- 39654726
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