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
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
Publisher | Metropolitan Books |
Binding | Kindle Edition (28 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 256 |
ISBN-10 | B001BAJ25W |
Publication Date | 04/01/2010 |
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