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Author Shulman, Beth.

Title The betrayal of work : how low-wage jobs fail 30 million Americans and their families / Beth Shulman.

Published New York : New Press, [2003]
©2003

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Location Call No. Status
 UniM Bund  331.23 SHUL {Bund81 L4:W}    AVAILABLE
Physical description xi, 255 pages ; 20 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-240) and index.
Summary Shulman spent several years traveling across the country talking to those living on low wages. In writing "The Betrayal of Work, " she provides the fullest portrait of America's working poor. Following in the footsteps of Barbara Ehrenreich's bestselling "Nickel and Dimed, " this is sure to be one of the most talked about public policy books of the year.
Subject Wages -- United States.
Income distribution -- United States.
Families -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Working poor -- United States.
Working poor -- United States -- Case studies.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009.
ISBN 1565847334