Nickel and Dimed
Subtitle: On (Not) Getting by in America (Spare Change?)
Contributors: Barbara Ehrenreich (Editor); Shara Kay (Editor)
Publisher: Tandem Library
Published: May 2002
Language: eng
Format: School & Library Binding
ISBN-13: 9781417618583
Subjects: Sociology - Social Theory; Government - U.S. Government; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Political Science; Sociology; 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.