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The Working Poor : Invisible in America by David K. Shipler (2005, Trade...
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- 9780375708213
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375708219
ISBN-13
9780375708213
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30897998
Product Key Features
Book Title
Working Poor : Invisible in America
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Labor & Industrial Relations, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Poverty & Homelessness
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Political Science, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-056191
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"This is clearly one of those seminal books that every American should read and read now." --The New York Times Book Review " An essential book. . . . It should be required reading not just for every member of Congress, but for every eligible voter." --The Washington Post Book World "Sensitive, sometimes heart-rending . . . . A vivid portrait of the struggle of the working poor to acquire steady, decently paid employment." Commentary "Insightful and moving. . . . Shipler writes with enormous grace [and] he captures the immense frustration endured by the working poor as few others have." --The Nation "Welcome and important. . . . Shipler manages to see all aspects of poverty--psychological, personal, societal--and examine how they're related. . . . There is much here to ponder for conservatives and liberals alike." -The Seattle Times, "This is clearly one of those seminal books that every American should read and read now." -- The New York Times Book Review " An essential book. . . . It should be required reading not just for every member of Congress, but for every eligible voter." -- The Washington Post Book World "Sensitive, sometimes heart-rending . . . . A vivid portrait of the struggle of the working poor to acquire steady, decently paid employment." Commentary "Insightful and moving. . . . Shipler writes with enormous grace [and] he captures the immense frustration endured by the working poor as few others have." -- The Nation "Welcome and important. . . . Shipler manages to see all aspects of poverty--psychological, personal, societal--and examine how they're related. . . . There is much here to ponder for conservatives and liberals alike." - The Seattle Times, "This is clearly one of those seminal books that every American should read and read now." -- The New York Times Book Review " An essential book. . . . It should be required reading not just for every member of Congress, but for every eligible voter." -- The Washington Post Book World "Sensitive, sometimes heart-rending . . . . A vivid portrait of the struggle of the working poor to acquire steady, decently paid employment." Commentary "Insightful and moving. . . . Shipler writes with enormous grace [and] he captures the immense frustration endured by the working poor as few others have." -- The Nation "Welcome and important. . . . Shipler manages to see all aspects of poverty--psychological, personal, societal--and examine how they're related. . . . There is much here to ponder for conservatives and liberals alike." The Seattle Times
Dewey Decimal
305.5/69/0973
Table Of Content
Preface Introduction At the Edge of Poverty Chapter One Money and Its Opposite Chapter Two Work Doesn't Work Chapter Three Importing the Third World Chapter Four Harvest of Shame Chapter Five The Daunting Workplace Chapter Six Sins of the Fathers Chapter Seven Kinship Chapter Eight Body and Mind Chapter Nine Dreams Chapter Ten Work Works Chapter Eleven Skill and Will Epilogue Notes Index
Synopsis
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Arab and Jew, an intimate portrait unfolds of working American families struggling against insurmountable odds to escape poverty. "This is clearly one of those seminal books that every American should read and read now." -- The New York Times Book Review As David K. Shipler makes clear in this powerful, humane study, the invisible poor are engaged in the activity most respected in American ideology--hard, honest work. But their version of the American Dream is a nightmare: low-paying, dead-end jobs; the profound failure of government to improve upon decaying housing, health care, and education; the failure of families to break the patterns of child abuse and substance abuse. Shipler exposes the interlocking problems by taking us into the sorrowful, infuriating, courageous lives of the poor--white and black, Asian and Latino, citizens and immigrants. We encounter them every day, for they do jobs essential to the American economy. This impassioned book not only dissects the problems, but makes pointed, informed recommendations for change. It is a book that stands to make a difference., From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Arab and Jew, an intimate portrait unfolds of working American families struggling against insurmountable odds to escape poverty. As David K. Shipler makes clear in this powerful, humane study, the invisible poor are engaged in the activity most respected in American ideology--hard, honest work. But their version of the American Dream is a nightmare: low-paying, dead-end jobs; the profound failure of government to improve upon decaying housing, health care, and education; the failure of families to break the patterns of child abuse and substance abuse. Shipler exposes the interlocking problems by taking us into the sorrowful, infuriating, courageous lives of the poor--white and black, Asian and Latino, citizens and immigrants. We encounter them every day, for they do jobs essential to the American economy. This impassioned book not only dissects the problems, but makes pointed, informed recommendations for change. It is a book that stands to make a difference.
LC Classification Number
HC110.P6S48 2004
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