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The working poor : invisible in America

Title
The working poor : invisible in America / David K. Shipler.
Author
Shipler, David K., 1942-
Publication
New York : Knopf, 2004.
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Description
xii, 319 p.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Poor > United States
  • Working class > United States > Economic conditions
  • Working class > United States > Finance, Personal
  • Cost and standard of living > United States
  • Wages > United States
  • Income > United States
  • Debt > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface -- Introduction : at the edge of poverty -- ch. 1. Money and its opposite -- ch. 2. Work doesn't work -- ch. 3. Importing the Third World -- ch. 4. Harvest of shame -- ch. 5. The daunting workplace -- ch. 6. Sins of the fathers -- ch. 7. Kinship -- ch. 8. Body and mind -- ch. 9. Dreams -- ch. 10. Work works -- ch. 11. Skill and will -- Notes -- Index.
Call Number
Sc E 04-682
ISBN
0375408908 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2003056191
OCLC
52455386
Author
Shipler, David K., 1942-
Title
The working poor : invisible in America / David K. Shipler.
Imprint
New York : Knopf, 2004.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Sc E 04-682
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