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Author Ehrenreich, Barbara.

Title Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America / Barbara Ehrenreich.

Publication Info. New York : Henry Holt & Co., [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  305.569 EHR    DUE 05-02-24
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.569 EH84 c.2  Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  305.569 EHRENREICH    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  305.569 EHRENREICH    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  305.569 EHRENREICH    Check Shelf
Description 244 pages ; 21 cm
Note Originally published in hardcover in 2001 by Metropolitan Books ; first Holt Paperbacks edition, 2002.
Contents Introduction: Getting ready -- Serving in Florida -- Scrubbing in Maine -- Selling in Minnesota -- Evaluation -- Reader's guide.
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.
Subject Minimum wage -- United States.
Working poor -- United States.
Unskilled labor -- United States.
Poverty -- United States.
ISBN 9780805088380
0805088385
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