Nickel and Dimed
On (Not) Getting By in America
Author
Ehrenreich, Barbara
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Publisher
Collection
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Publication date
August 2, 2011
Language
English
Format
Paperback
Pages
256
ISBN-10
0312626681
ISBN-13
9780312626686
Book description
In this study of America`s minimum wage workers, the author explains how she went under cover several times, taking on different low-wage positions, to determine how adults who lack higher education survive. After working at Wal-Mart and as a waitress, she concluded that the working poor should be afforded more health care, housing assistance, and respect. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.
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