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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America


Book Description
Our sharpest and most original social critic goes "undercover" as an unskilled worker to reveal the dark side of American prosperity.

Millions of Americans work full time, year round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that a job -- any job -- can be the ticket to a be... More
Book Information
PublisherMetropolitan Books
BindingKindle Edition (28 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages256
ISBN-10B001BAJ25W
Publication Date04/01/2010
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About Barbara Ehrenreich (Author) : Barbara Ehrenreich is a published author of children's books. Published credits of Barbara Ehrenreich include Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America and Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By... more
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