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UNINA9910790768903321 |
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Titolo |
Getting by on the minimum : the lives of working-class women / / Jennifer Johnson |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-415-92801-X |
0-203-95094-1 |
1-135-29895-5 |
1-135-29888-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (266 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Working class women - United States |
Poor women - United States |
Social classes - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Published in 2002 by Routledge. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, poorly understood segment of US society. |
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