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On (Not) Getting By in America

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An edition of Nickel and Dimed (2001)

Nickel and Dimed

On (Not) Getting By in America

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.6 (23 ratings) ·
  • 81 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 36 Have read

The author's experience holding low-wage jobs in three parts of the U.S. in the late 1990s.

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Henry Holt and Company
Language
English
Pages
240

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Subjects

Immigrants, united states, Poor, Poverty, Working poor, Minimum wage, Unskilled labor, Travail, Secteur tertiaire, Bas salaire, Personnel non qualifié, Document, Femme, Working class, united states, Poor, united states, Labor, united states, Salaries and Fringe Benefits, Ongeschoolde arbeid, Sociale situatie, Armoede, Dienstleistungssektor, Erlebnisbericht, Niedriglohn, Frauenarbeit, Prekariat, Niedrigeinkommen, Ungelernte Arbeiterin, Dienstleistungswirtschaft, Soziale Frage, Dienstleistungsgesellschaft, Armut, Praca fizyczna, Robotnicy niewykwalifikowani, Ubóstwo, Płace minimalne, Polish language materials, 貧窮, 工資, 勞動力, Minimum wage--united states, Working poor--united states, Unskilled labor--united states, Poverty--united states, Salaries and fringe benefits, Salaries and fringe benefits--united states, Hd4918 .e375 2011, Hd 4918 e33n 2011, 305.5/69092 b, Hd4918 .e375 2002

People

Sam Walton

Places

Key West, Florida; Portland, Maine; Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, USA, Stany Zjednoczone

Times

1998-2000, 1990-

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2017-11, Picador Modern Classics
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2011, Picador
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我在底層的生活: 當專欄作家化身為女服務生
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2008, 中信出版社
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Za grosze pracować i (nie) przeżyć
2006, Wydawn. W.A.B.
in Polish - Wyd. 1.
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De achterkant van de Amerikaanse droom
2005, Atlas
in Dutch
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Nickel and Dimed
2002, Henry Holt and Company
in English
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Nickel and dimed: undercover in low-wage USA
2002, Granta
in English
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
2002, Henry Holt and Company
Paperback in English
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Arbeit poor: unterwegs in der Dienstleistungsgesellschaft
2001, Kunstmann
in German

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First Sentence

"Mostly out of laziness, I decide to start my low-wage life in the town nearest to where I actually live, Key West, Florida, which with a population of about 25,000 is elbowing its way up to the status of a genuine city."

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Library of Congress
HD4918 .E375 2002, HD4918 .E375 2001, HD4918

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
240
Dimensions
8.2 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
Weight
7.2 ounces

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OL7932586M
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ISBN 13
9780805063899
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49642555
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15967
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