The working poor :invisible in America /David K. Shipler.
Description
Preface -- At the edge of poverty -- Money and its opposite -- Work doesn't work -- Importing the third world -- Harvest of shame -- The daunting workplace -- Sins of the fathers -- Kinship -- Body and mind -- Dreams -- Work works -- Skill and will -- Notes -- Index.
xiii, 319 p. ;25 cm.
Book Details
Author
Shipler, David K.
Place Published
City
New York :Knopf
Date Published
2004
Publication Subjects
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.
Call No.
HC110 .P6 S48 2004
ISBN
0375408908
LCCN
2003056191
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-306) and index.