Ehrenreich, Barbara.

Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America / Barbara Ehrenreich - New York : A Metropolitan, 2001. - 230 pages : 19 cm.

Read by Cristine McMurdo-Wallis.

Successful author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America obsessed with welfare "reform". What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers often take multiple low-paying jobs just to keep a roof overhead.

13: 9780805063899 Pbk., Bp.


Minimum wage--United States.
Working poor--United States.
Unskilled labor--United States.
Poverty--United States.

HD 4918 E37 2001 ASA