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Nickel and dimed

Paperback • 2002 • English • 1. edition

Nickel and dimed: undercover in low-wage USA

By Barbara Ehrenreich

4 Ratings • 4.8 of 5

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About the book

Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty level wages. Journalist Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them in order to find out how anyone survives on six dollars an hour. So began a gruelling, hair-raising and darkly funny odyssey though the underworld of working America.

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ISBN

9781862075214

Publisher

Granta books

Published year

2002

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Nickel and dimed

Format

Paperback

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4 Ratings • 4.8 of 5

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