The working poor : [Text] invisible in America /
by Shipler, David K.
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BookPublisher: New York Knopf Distributed by Random House, 2004Description: xii, 319 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0375408908.Subject(s): Poor -- United States | Working class -- United States -- Economic conditions | Working class -- United States -- Personal finance | Cost and standard of living -- United States | Salaries, wages, etc. -- United States | Income -- United States | Debt -- United StatesSummary: Examines the lives of the working poor in America--people who exist just barely beneath or a little above the federal government's official poverty line, and discusses the obstacles they face in trying to improve their circumstances.
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Book | NF 305.5 S (Browse shelf) | Available | H045815555 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Examines the lives of the working poor in America--people who exist just barely beneath or a little above the federal government's official poverty line, and discusses the obstacles they face in trying to improve their circumstances.
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