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
- Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, the author decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that a job, any job, could be the ticket to a better life. But how does anyone survive, let alone prosper, on six to seven dollars an hour? To find out, she left her home, took the cheapest lodgings she could find, and accepted whatever jobs she was offered as a woefully inexperienced homemaker returning to the workforce. So began a grueling, hair raising, and darkly funny odyssey through the underside of working America. Moving from Florida to Maine to Minnesota, she worked as a waitress, a hotel maid, a cleaning woman, a nursing home aide, and a Wal-Mart sales clerk. Very quickly, she discovered that no job is truly "unskilled," that even the lowliest occupations require exhausting mental and muscular effort. She also learned that one job is not enough; you need at least two if you intend to live indoors
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 221 pages
- Contents
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- Getting ready
- Serving in Florida
- Scrubbing in Maine
- Selling in Minnesota
- Evaluation
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, the author decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that a job, any job, could be the ticket to a better life. But how does anyone survive, let alone prosper, on six to seven dollars an hour? To find out, she left her home, took the cheapest lodgings she could find, and accepted whatever jobs she was offered as a woefully inexperienced homemaker returning to the workforce. So began a grueling, hair raising, and darkly funny odyssey through the underside of working America. Moving from Florida to Maine to Minnesota, she worked as a waitress, a hotel maid, a cleaning woman, a nursing home aide, and a Wal-Mart sales clerk. Very quickly, she discovered that no job is truly "unskilled," that even the lowliest occupations require exhausting mental and muscular effort. She also learned that one job is not enough; you need at least two if you intend to live indoors
- Awards note
- School Library Journal Best Adult Books for YA (2002); New York Times Book Review (2001).
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ehrenreich, Barbara
- Dewey number
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- 305.569/092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HD4918
- LC item number
- .E375 2001
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Minimum wage
- Working poor
- Unskilled labor
- Poverty
- Minnesota
- Minneapolis (Minn.)
- United States
- United States
- Label
- Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America, Barbara Ehrenreich
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Getting ready -- Serving in Florida -- Scrubbing in Maine -- Selling in Minnesota -- Evaluation
- Control code
- ocm45243324
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 221 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805063882
- Lccn
- 00052514
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 9780805063882
- Stock number
- a
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)45243324
- (Sirsi) ACX-6016
- 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
- Contents
- Getting ready -- Serving in Florida -- Scrubbing in Maine -- Selling in Minnesota -- Evaluation
- Control code
- ocm45243324
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 221 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805063882
- Lccn
- 00052514
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780805063882
- Stock number
- a
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)45243324
- (Sirsi) ACX-6016
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