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The Working Poor: Invisible in America

by David K. Shipler
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Synopsis

An intimate portrait of poverty-level working families from a range of ethnic backgrounds in America reveals their legacy of low-paying, dead-end jobs, dysfunctional parenting, and substance abuse and charges the government with failing to provide adequate housing, health care, and education. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

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Book Details

Published
June 17, 2026
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pages
329
Format
Binding
ISBN
9781439566626

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