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Author:

Newman, Katherine S., 1953-

Title:

No shame in my game : the working poor in the inner city / Katherine S. Newman.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Knopf and the Russell Sage Foundation,

Copyright Date:

1999

Description:

xix, 388 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Urban poor--United States.
Urban poor--Employment--United States.
Working poor--United States.
Inner cities--United States.
Pobreza urbana--Empleo--Estados Unidos
Barrios marginados--Estados Unidos
Armoede.
Werkgelegenheid.
Stadskernen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-376) and index.

Contents:

Working lives -- The invisible poor -- Getting a job in the inner city -- No shame in (this) game -- School and skill in the low-wage world -- Getting stuck, moving up -- Family values -- Who's in, who's out? -- What we can do for the working poor.

ISBN:

9780375402548
0375402543

LCCN:

98038244

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

W7AX771 -- Urban Campus (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)