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020 $a9781568584089 (alk. paper)
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100 1 $aThompson, Gabriel.
245 10 $aWorking in the shadows :$ba year of doing the jobs (most) Americans won't do /$cGabriel Thompson.
260 $aNew York :$bNation Books,$cc2010.
300 $axvii, 298 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 293-295).
505 0 $aSalad days (January, March) -- Yuma, Arizona -- Speaking quiché in the heart of dixie (June, August) -- Russellville, Alabama -- Flowers and food (October, December) -- New York, New York.
520 $a"What does it mean to work in the forgotten America where millions toil in the shadow of prosperity? What is the daily reality of life for a factory worker or field hand? To find out, award-winning journalist Gabriel Thompson spent a year working alongside America's invisible poor--citizens and immigrants alike--all of whom endure backbreaking work, miniscule wages, and nonexistent benefits in their struggle to make ends meet"--Page 2 of cover.
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