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Item Nr: B 95254 Title: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Grade Lvl: ST Author: Ehrenreich, Barbara
Length: 230 Prod/Pub: Henry Holt
Copyright: 2001 Series:
Book Type: N Biographee:
Copies: 1 Loan Period: 14 days
 
  Author Barbara Ehrenreich relates her experiences from 1998 to 2000, during which time joined the ranks of the working poor as a waitress, hotel housekeeper, cleaning woman, nursing home aide, and Wal-Mart clerk to see for herself how America's "unskilled" workers are able to survive on only $6 or $7 an hour. Outstanding book for the college bound.

  Subjects:
  424 - ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
  1820 - FEP/PEC
  885 - POVERTY
  1613 - REQUEST--AEA
  1005 - SOCIAL PROBLEMS
  1007 - SOCIAL STUDIES
  1008 - SOCIAL STUDIES--STUDY & TEACHING
  1011 - SOCIOLOGY
  1136 - U.S.--SOCIAL CONDITIONS