Nickel and Dimed
Subtitle: On (Not) Getting by in America
Publisher: Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
Published: May 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780606260008
Subjects: Government - U.S. Government; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Political Science; Sociology - Social Theory; Politics - Current Events; Politics / Current Events
First sentence: Mostly out of laziness, I decide to start my low-wage life in the town nearest to where I actually live, Key West, Florida, which with a population of about 25,000 is elbowing its way up to the status of a genuine city.