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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
"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.
416 pages
| Mídia | Livros Paperback Book (Livro de capa flexível e brochura) |
| Lançado | 25 de abril de 2000 |
| ISBN13 | 9780375703799 |
| Editoras | Random House USA Inc |
| Páginas | 416 |
| Dimensões | 131 × 202 × 22 mm · 299 g |
| Idioma | Inglês |