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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich (2008, Paperback, Reprint)

Author: Barbara Ehrenreich | Publisher: Henry Holt & Co | Language: English
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    In this study of America's minimum wage workers, the author explains how she went under cover several times, taking on different low-wage positions, to determine how adults who lack higher education survive. After working at Wal-Mart and as a waitress, she concluded that the working poor should be afforded more health care, housing assistance, and respect. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.

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    Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
    Language:English
    Publisher:Henry Holt & Co
    Format:Paperback
    ISBN-10:0805088385
    ISBN-13:9780805088380

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    Edition Description:Reprint

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    Length:244 pages
    Thickness:0.8 in
    Weight:7.7 oz

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    The bestselling, landmark work of undercover reportage, now updated

    Acclaimed as an instant classic upon publication, Nickel and Dimed has sold more than 1.5 million copies and become a staple of classroom reading. Chosen for “one book” initiatives across the country, it has fueled nationwide campaigns for a living wage. Funny, poignant, and passionate, this revelatory firsthand account of life in low-wage America—the story of Barbara Ehrenreich’s attempts to eke out a living while working as a waitress, hotel maid, house cleaner, nursing-home aide, and Wal-Mart associate—has become an essential part of the nation’s political discourse.

    Now, in a new afterword, Ehrenreich shows that the plight of the underpaid has in no way eased: with fewer jobs available, deteriorating work conditions, and no pay increase in sight, Nickel and Dimed is more relevant than ever.



    In an attempt to understand the lives of Americans earning near-minimum wages, Ehrenreich works as a waitress in Florida, a cleaning woman in Maine, and a sales clerk in Minnesota.

    In an updated edition of her best-selling, landmark study, the sharp social critic and author of Fear of Falling looks underneath the illusion of American prosperity at poverty and hopelessness in America, with a new afterword that offers a revealing look at the continuing plight of the underpaid and how the current economic situation affects them. Reprint.

    Industry Reviews
    "[A] clear-eyed portrait of how the bottom third lives, and a complacency-shaking expose of the dead-end-job economy."
    Entertainment Weekly - Megan Harlan (05/25/2001)

    "[A] valuable and illuminating book."
    New York Times Book Review - Dorothy Gallagher (05/13/2001)

    "Sharp, empathetic, astute...."
    Kirkus Reviews (04/01/2001)

    "...Ehrenreich's account of trying to survive on the breadline in three American cities is shocking, touching and unexpectedly funny."
    Times Literary Supplement - Joan Smith (12/27/2002)

    "NICKEL AND DIMED is one of the most significant works of social criticism any American leftist has written since the 1960s."
    Nation - Michael Kazin (10/03/2005)

    "Half-assed as her attempts to learn unfamiliar jobs may have been--and as funny as she sometimes makes the experience seem--Ehrenreich is still engaged in a serious project."
    Nation (06/11/2001)

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    Great book.. WILL change how you think of the poor, if you have any moreals

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    Offers an "insiders" view of the working poor and what it takes to match income and basic living expenses. Considering the current amount of unemployment (and therefore the number of people who will actually have to "live" Ehrenreich's experiment of a person who is clearly NOT without means, but destitute because of the economy) in the US, it is a great reminder to us all to really care for one another, and not just in our thoughts and prayers.
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    Mostly Good

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    The book had a good price for what I wanted and was willing to pay, and a lot cheaper than what I could have bought it for anywhere else. Good quality book, and looks like it will be interesting.
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    Good book

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    I had to read this book for a graduate level class. Usually those kinds of books are horrible. But this was a very easy read and enjoyable. Definitely brings to light the "working class" and the struggles endured just to make ends meet.
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    It gives you a lot of important useful information to help you throughout life. I had to buy the book for one of my college classes.
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