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The betrayal of work : how low-wage jobs fail 30 million Americans and their families / Beth Shulman.
Lippincott Library HD4975 .S46 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shulman, Beth.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wages--United States.
- Wages.
- Working poor.
- United States.
- Income distribution--United States.
- Income distribution.
- Families--Economic aspects--United States.
- Families.
- Families--Economic aspects.
- Working poor--United States.
- Working poor--United States--Case studies.
- United States--Economic conditions--2001-2009.
- Economic conditions.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 255 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Shulman spent several years traveling across the country talking to those living on low wages. In writing "The Betrayal of Work, " she provides the fullest portrait of America's working poor. Following in the footsteps of Barbara Ehrenreich's bestselling "Nickel and Dimed, " this is sure to be one of the most talked about public policy books of the year.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-240) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1565847334
- OCLC:
- 51519759
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