The Resource Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America, Barbara Ehrenreich
Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America, Barbara Ehrenreich
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 221 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805063882
- Label
- Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America
- Title
- Nickel and dimed
- Title remainder
- on (not) getting by in America
- Statement of responsibility
- Barbara Ehrenreich
- Subject
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- Poverty
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueBlue collar workers
- trueIntersectionality
- trueMinimum wage
- Minimum wage -- United States
- truePoor people -- United States
- truePoverty -- United States
- trueRent and renting
- trueSociety and culture -- Wealth and class | Poverty
- trueUnited States -- Economic conditions
- United States -- Economic conditions
- United States -- Social conditions
- Unskilled labor -- United States
- trueWorking poor people
- true20th century -- 1901 -- 2000
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- 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
- Award
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- Alex Award, 2002.
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, 2001.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2001
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2002.
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 154374
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ehrenreich, Barbara
- Dewey number
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- 305.5/69/092
- 305.569/092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 1340
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- HD4918
- LC item number
- .E375 2001
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Minimum wage
- Unskilled labor
- Poverty
- United States
- United States
- Target audience
- general
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- on (not) getting by in America
- Label
- Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America, Barbara Ehrenreich
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 18029079
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 221 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805063882
- Lccn
- 00052514
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- 22 cm
- System control number
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- (CCHS)5DBD39F6FDA041E982A2D42152A57883
- (ICrlF)fol07999381
- (ICrlF)11887L
- Label
- Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America, Barbara Ehrenreich
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 18029079
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 221 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805063882
- Lccn
- 00052514
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- 22 cm
- System control number
-
- (CCHS)5DBD39F6FDA041E982A2D42152A57883
- (ICrlF)fol07999381
- (ICrlF)11887L
Subject
- Poverty
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueBlue collar workers
- trueIntersectionality
- trueMinimum wage
- Minimum wage -- United States
- truePoor people -- United States
- truePoverty -- United States
- trueRent and renting
- trueSociety and culture -- Wealth and class | Poverty
- trueUnited States -- Economic conditions
- United States -- Economic conditions
- United States -- Social conditions
- Unskilled labor -- United States
- trueWorking poor people
- true20th century -- 1901 -- 2000
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- trueLos Angeles Times Book Prizes: Current Interest
- trueAlex Award: 2002
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2001
- trueSchool Library Journal's Adult Books for High School Students: 2002
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