No Shame In My Game: The Working Poor In The Inner City
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ISBN : 9780375703799
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No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City
"Powerful and poignant.... Newman's message is clear and timely." --The Philadelphia Inquirer
In No Shame in My Game, Harvard anthropologist Katherine Newman gives voice to a population for whom work, family, and self-esteem are top priorities despite all the factors that make earning a living next to impossible--minimum wage, lack of child care and health care, and a desperate shortage of even low-paying jobs. By intimately following the lives of nearly 300 inner-city workers and job seekers for two yearsin Harlem, Newman explores a side of poverty often ignored by media and politicians--the working poor.
The working poor find dignity in earning a paycheck and shunning the welfare system, arguing that even low-paying jobs give order to their lives. No Shame in My Game gives voice to a misrepresented segment of today's society, and is sure to spark dialogue over the issues surrounding poverty, working and welfare.
Specifications of No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City
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Author | Katherine S. Newman |
Binding | Paperback |
Language | English |
Edition | 3/26/00 |
ISBN-10 | 0375703799 |
ISBN-13 | 9780375703799 |
Publisher | Vintage |
Number Of Pages | 416 |
Publication Date | 2000-04-25 |
DIMENSIONS | |
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Height | 8.03 inch. |
Length | 5.13 inch. |
Width | 0.88 inch. |
Weight | 0.2 pounds. |
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