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Getting by on the minimum : the lives of working-class women
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- Summary
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Profiles the real-life stories if more than sixty women who have no college education, are married with kids, and ears an average of USD16,000 per year, giving us an important window into a large, ...
Profiles the real-life stories if more than sixty women who have no college education, are married with kids, and ears an average of USD16,000 per year, giving us an important window into a large, poorly understood segment of US society.
Details
- Creator
- Jennifer Johnson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Routledge, 2011
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9780415928014, 041592801X, 9780203950944, 0203950941, 9781135298951, 1135298955, 9781135298883, 1135298882, 0415928001, 130613658X
- OCLC
- ocn863824641, ocn900477140
- Published in 2002 by Routledge.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- 1. Introduction -- 2. The meaning of work and class -- 3. Life on the job -- 4. Can't get no satisfaction -- 5. What work means -- 6. Work (f)or family -- 7. The work of caring -- 8. Growing up poor in postwar America -- 9. Dropping out -- 10. What will I be? -- 11. Getting by on the minimum