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352 pages • first pub 2004 (view editions)
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Language: English
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As David K. Shipler makes clear in this powerful, humane study, the invisible poor are engaged in the activity most respected in American ideology—hard, honest work. But their version of the American Dream is a nightmare: low-paying, dead-end jobs...
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352 pages • first pub 2004 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
As David K. Shipler makes clear in this powerful, humane study, the invisible poor are engaged in the activity most respected in American ideology—hard, honest work. But their version of the American Dream is a nightmare: low-paying, dead-end jobs...