Nickel and dimed :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
xvi, 228 pages ; 21 cm
Edition
20th anniversary edition. 20th anniversary Picador paperback edition.
Production / Publication Information
New York : Picador : Metropolitan Books : Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
Summary
Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, the author decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that a job, any job, can be the ticket to a better life. But how does anyone survive, let alone prosper, on $6 an hour? To find out, she left her home, took the cheapest lodgings she could find, and accepted whatever jobs she was offered. Moving from Florida to Maine to Minnesota, she worked as a waitress, a hotel maid, a cleaning woman, a nursing home aide, and a Wal-Mart sales clerk. She lived in trailer parks and crumbling residential motels. Very quickly, she discovered that no job is truly "unskilled," and that even the lowliest occupations require exhausting mental and muscular effort. She also learned that one job is not enough; you need at least two if you intend to live indoors. This work reveals low-rent America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity, a land of Big Boxes, fast food, and a thousand desperate strategems for survival. Read it for the author's perspective and for a rare view of how "prosperity" looks from the bottom. You will never see anything, from a motel bathroom to a restaurant meal, quite the same way again.
Call Number
305.569/EHRE
Publication Date
2021
Language
English
ISBN
9781250808318
Nickel and dimed :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
244 pages ; 21 cm.
Edition
First Picador edition
Production / Publication Information
New York : Picador, 2011.
Summary
"Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that a job--any job--can be the ticket to a better life. But how does anyone survive, let alone prosper, on $6 an hour? To find out, Ehrenreich left her home, took the cheapest lodgings she could find, and accepted whatever jobs she was offered. Moving from Florida to Maine to Minnesota, she worked as a waitress, a hotel maid, a cleaning woman, a nursing home aide, and a Wal-Mart sales clerk. She lived in trailer parks and crumbling residential motels. Very quickly, she discovered that no job is truly "unskilled, " that even the lowliest occupations require exhausting mental and muscular effort. She also learned that one job is not enough; you need at least two if you intend to live indoors. Nickel and Dimed reveals low-rent America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity--a land of Big Boxes, fast food, and a thousand desperate strategems for survival. Read it for the smoldering clarity of Ehrenreich's perspective and for a rare view of how "prosperity" looks from the bottom. You will never see anything--from a motel bathroom to a restaurant meal--quite the same way again. "--
Call Number
305.569 EHR
Publication Date
2011
Language
English
ISBN
9780312626686
Nickel and dimed :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
244 pages ; 21 cm.
Production / Publication Information
New York : Henry Holt & Co., c2008.
Summary
Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America. What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers often take multiple low-paying jobs just to keep a roof overhead.
Call Number
SOCIAL ISSUES / POVERTY / EHR
Publication Date
2008
Language
English
ISBN
9780805088380
Nickel and dimed :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
311 pages ; 24 cm.
Production / Publication Information
Rockland, MA : Wheeler Pub., 2003.
Call Number
LP 305.569 EHR
Publication Date
2003
Language
English
ISBN
9781587243684
Nickel and dimed :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
230 pages ; 21 cm.
Edition
First Owl Books edition
Production / Publication Information
New York, N.Y. : Henry Holt, c2002.
Call Number
305.569/EHR
Publication Date
2002
Language
English
ISBN
9780805063899
Nickel and dimed :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
221 pages ; 22 cm.
Production / Publication Information
New York : Metropolitan Books, 2001.
Call Number
305.569 EHR
Publication Date
2001
Language
English
ISBN
9780805063882
Nickel and dimed :
Author
Format:
Audio disc
Physical Description
7 audio discs (8 hr., 15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Production / Publication Information
Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, p2004.
Summary
Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America. What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers often take multiple low-paying jobs just to keep a roof overhead.
Call Number
AUDIO/305.56/EHRENREICH/CD
Publication Date
2004
Language
English
ISBN
9781419307829
Nickel and dimed :
Author
Format:
Sound recording
System details note
Playaway Digital Audio.
Physical Description
1 sound media player (8 hr., 15 min.) : digital ; 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 cm. + 1 set of earphones + 1 AAA battery.
Production / Publication Information
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2004 (Cleveland : Findaway World, LLC)
Summary
Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America. What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers often take multiple low-paying jobs just to keep a roof overhead.
Call Number
PLAYAWAY 305. 569 EHRENREICH
Publication Date
2004
Language
English
ISBN
9781428141063
Nickel and dimed :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
15 books, 1 Book on CD, 1 discussion guide in binder. in 1 canvas bag with identification tag.
Edition
First Owl Books edition
Production / Publication Information
New York, N.Y. : Henry Holt, 2002.
Summary
Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, [the author of this book] decided to join them. She left her home, took the cheapest lodgings she could find, and accepted whatever jobs she was offered as a woefully inexperienced homemaker returning to the workforce. Moving from Florida to Maine to Minnesota, [she] worked as a waitress, a hotel maid, a cleaning woman, a nursing home aide, and a Wal-Mart sales clerk. Very quickly, she discovered that no job is truly "unskilled, " that even the lowliest occupations require exhausting mental and muscular effort. She also learned that one job is not enough; you need at least two if you intend to live indoors.
Call Number
BCK/NICKEL AND DIMED
Publication Date
2004 2002
Language
English
ISBN
9780805063899
Nickel and dimed :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
16 books (15 pbk + 1 LP), 1 discussion guide in binder; in 1 canvas bag with identification tag.
Production / Publication Information
2001.
Summary
Nickel and dimed reveals low-wage America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity--a land of big boxes, fast food, and a thousand desperate strategems for survival. Instantly acclaimed for its insight, humor, and passion, this book is changing the way America perceives its working poor.
Call Number
BCK / NICKEL AND DIMED
Publication Date
2004 2001
Language
English
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