About this title: An anthropologist examines the lives of the working poor in Harlem, New York City. Katherine Newman spent two years on her project, and got to know many individuals and groups. In the best social science, she unravels layers of society in the community and shows how they interrelate. She is perceptive on issues of self-esteem and status. The insights into society, unavailable elsewhere, make this a special book.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780375703799ISBN:0375703799
Description: New. Softcover with pages that are clean and unmarked. Slightly bent from storage. The lives of nearly 300 inner-city workers and job seekers for two years in Harlem.. read more
Edition: 1st ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf and the Russell Sage Foundation, New York
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780375402548ISBN:0375402543
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. First printing. xix, 388 p. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-376) and index. read more
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Description: Knopf / the Russell Sage Foundation, 1999. xix+388 pages. 1st printing / edition. Hardcover. Appendices. Notes. Index. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Unread. Jacket has just the slightest signs of shelf wear with minute tear bottom front and bottom of the spine. Bright, tight and clean; no names or marks, price intact. ISBN: 0375402543. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780375703799ISBN:0375703799
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 2000-04-01
ISBN-13:9780375703799ISBN:0375703799
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Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780375402548ISBN:0375402543
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"Some great stories about the "working poor" in urban America. Addresses the complexities of poverty as well as looking at the issues with minimum wage, etc."
"Many people talk about welfare and the poor, but few really understand the nature of poverty in America. Most people in poverty work, part time or full time, in the regulated economy or under the table, for cash or for in-kind services, many work 2 or 3 jobs to make ends meet. What does it take to keep your head above water in Harlem (where the study was conducted), how possible is it that you can pull yourself up by the proverbial boot straps and escape the clutches of minimum wage? What opportunities are available to those willing to work up the ranks? Who make up the ranks of the working poor? This book is an illuminating study on the working poor, work opportunities in urban areas, and what the U.S. can do to help those who are working full time but barely surviving, whose lives can be derailed with disturbing ease. Highly recommended to anyone interested in general social issues, family well-being, education, or youth social work."
"Katherine S. Newman, Ford Foundation Professor of Urban Studies at Harvard, focuses much of her research on America's urban poor. In No Shame in My Game, Newman describes the results of her two year research project in Harlem, a project in which Newman and others studied the lives of many of Harlem's working poor. Many findings were surprising and contrary to popular depictions of the poor. Most poor people, Newman found, want to work and spend numerous hours in fruitless searches for work. The book uses exerpts from subjects' own diaries and details the day-to-day lives of the subjects to create a powerful story of the working poor in America. Recommended."
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