No shame in my game : the working poor in the inner city / Katherine S. Newman.
No shame in my game : the working poor in the inner city / Katherine S. Newman.
No shame in my game : the working poor in the inner city / Katherine S. Newman.
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Publisher
New York : Knopf and the Russell Sage Foundation, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N362.50973/20
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Language
English
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Physical content
xix, 388 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Working Lives -- 2. The Invisible Poor -- 3. Getting a Job in the Inner City -- 4. No Shame in (This) Game -- 5. School and Skill in the Low-Wage World -- 6. Getting Stuck, Moving Up -- 7. Family Values -- 8. Who's In, Who's Out? -- 9. What We Can Do for the Working Poor.
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Publisher
New York : Knopf and the Russell Sage Foundation, 1999.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
For two years, Professor Newman and her assistants followed people in Harlem - from work to school to the streets to their homes - and spent hundreds of hours talking to employees, and their bosses and supervisors, their friends and families. From observations and interviews, we come to understand not only the essential contribution that low-wage e...
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No shame in my game : the working poor in the inner city / Katherine S. Newman.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-376) and index.
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N362.50973/20
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74Vvr4D6mD6y
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ISBN
0375402543
9780375402548
DDC
362.50973091732
MMS ID
991011444339702626
