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Nickel and dimed :
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
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Nickel and dimed :
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
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Nickel and dimed :
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
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Nickel and dimed :
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
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Nickel and dimed :
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
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Nickel and dimed :
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
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Nickel and dimed :
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
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Nickel and dimed :
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
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Nickel and dimed :
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
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Nickel and dimed :
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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