No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City

No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City
ISBN-10
0375402543
ISBN-13
9780375402548
Category
Social Science
Pages
388
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Knopf
Author
Katherine S. Newman

Description

Drawing on a two-year study, this look at the lives of the urban working poor explains how they have been undervalued and neglected, and trapped in an environment where opportunities are limited and punished by policies aimed at welfare recipients

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