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

No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City '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. Autor: Katherine S. Newman Wydawnictwo: Knopf Publishing Rok wydania: 2000 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 418 Wymiary: 20.3 x 13.2 x 2.5 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9780375703799