No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City
of Katherine S. Newman
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"Powerful and poignant.... Newman's message is clear and timely." --The Philadelphia InquirerIn No Shame in My Game, Harvard anthropologist Katherine Newman gives voice to a population for whom work, family, and self-esteem are top priorities despite all the factors that make earning a living next to impossible--minimum wage, lack of child care and health care, and a desperate shortage of even low-paying jobs. By intimately following the lives of nearly 300 inner-city workers and job seekers for two yearsin Harlem, Newman explores a side of poverty often ignored by media and politicians--the working poor.The working poor find dignity in earning a paycheck and shunning the welfare system, arguing that even low-paying jobs give order to their lives. No Shame in My Game gives voice to a misrepresented segment of today's society, and is sure to spark dialogue over the issues surrounding poverty, working and welfare.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 416 pages
- Publisher Vintage
- Publication Date April 25th 2000
- First Publication 11/06/99
- Language English
- ISBN 9780375703799
- Edition Not informed
- Category Non-Fiction
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