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Author:
Ehrenreich, Barbara, author.
Title:
Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America / Barbara Ehrenreich.
Edition:
First Picador Modern Classics edition.
Publisher:
Metropolitan Books ;
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
392 pages ; 15 cm
Subject:
Minimum wage--United States.
Working poor--United States.
Unskilled labor--United States.
Poverty--United States.
Mini book.
Notes:
Includes reader's guide. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction: Getting ready -- Serving in Florida -- Scrubbing in Maine -- Selling in Minnesota -- Evaluation.
Summary:
Provides a firsthand account of life in low-wage America--the story of Ehrenreich's attempts to eke out a living while working as a waitress, hotel maid, house cleaner, nursing-home aide, and Wal-Mart associate. --From publisher description.
Series:
Picador modern classics
ISBN:
1250161304
9781250161307
OCLC:
(OCoLC)972970638
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

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