The Resource No shame in my game : the working poor in the inner city, Katherine S. Newman
No shame in my game : the working poor in the inner city, Katherine S. Newman
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- Summary
- "In No Shame in My Game, anthropologist Katherine Newman presents a view of inner-city poverty radically different from that commonly accepted. The all-too-prevalent picture we get of the poor today - in the media, in the political sphere, and in scholarly studies - is of alienated minorities living in big-city ghettos, lacking in values and family structure, criminally inclined, and permanently dependent on government handouts." "What Newman reveals, however - as she focuses on the working poor in Harlem, one of the country's most depressed urban areas - is a community of people who are committed to earning a living, struggling to support themselves and their families on minimum-wage dead-end jobs, and clinging to the dignity of a regular paycheck, no matter how meager." "For two years, Professor Newman and her assistants followed people in Harlem - from work to school to the streets to their homes - and spent hundreds of hours talking to employees, and their bosses and supervisors, their friends and families. From observations and interviews, we come to understand not only the essential contribution that low-wage earners make to the survival of poor households, but also the ways in which these jobs affect young people's attitudes, prospects, and self-image. Most powerfully, we listen as low-wage earners speak about their jobs, their ambitions, and their values - especially their devotion to family and belief in the work ethic."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xix, 388 p.
- Contents
-
- Working lives
- The invisible poor
- Getting a job in the inner city
- No shame in (this) game
- School and skill in the low-wage world
- Getting stuck, moving up
- Family values
- Who's in, who's out?
- What we can do for the working poor
- Isbn
- 9780375402548
- Label
- No shame in my game : the working poor in the inner city
- Title
- No shame in my game
- Title remainder
- the working poor in the inner city
- Statement of responsibility
- Katherine S. Newman
- Subject
-
- Armoede
- Armut
- Barrios marginados -- Estados Unidos
- Innenstadt
- Inner cities
- Inner cities -- United States
- Pobreza urbana -- Empleo -- Estados Unidos
- Stadskernen
- USA
- Arbeiter
- United States
- Urban poor
- Urban poor -- Employment
- Urban poor -- Employment -- United States
- Urban poor -- United States
- Werkgelegenheid
- Working poor
- Working poor -- United States
- USA
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In No Shame in My Game, anthropologist Katherine Newman presents a view of inner-city poverty radically different from that commonly accepted. The all-too-prevalent picture we get of the poor today - in the media, in the political sphere, and in scholarly studies - is of alienated minorities living in big-city ghettos, lacking in values and family structure, criminally inclined, and permanently dependent on government handouts." "What Newman reveals, however - as she focuses on the working poor in Harlem, one of the country's most depressed urban areas - is a community of people who are committed to earning a living, struggling to support themselves and their families on minimum-wage dead-end jobs, and clinging to the dignity of a regular paycheck, no matter how meager." "For two years, Professor Newman and her assistants followed people in Harlem - from work to school to the streets to their homes - and spent hundreds of hours talking to employees, and their bosses and supervisors, their friends and families. From observations and interviews, we come to understand not only the essential contribution that low-wage earners make to the survival of poor households, but also the ways in which these jobs affect young people's attitudes, prospects, and self-image. Most powerfully, we listen as low-wage earners speak about their jobs, their ambitions, and their values - especially their devotion to family and belief in the work ethic."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1953-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Newman, Katherine S.
- Dewey number
- 362.5/0973/091732
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV4045
- LC item number
- .N48 1999
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Urban poor
- Urban poor
- Working poor
- Inner cities
- Pobreza urbana
- Barrios marginados
- Inner cities
- Urban poor
- Urban poor
- Working poor
- United States
- Armoede
- Werkgelegenheid
- Stadskernen
- Innenstadt
- Armut
- Arbeiter
- USA
- USA
- Label
- No shame in my game : the working poor in the inner city, Katherine S. Newman
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-376) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Working lives -- The invisible poor -- Getting a job in the inner city -- No shame in (this) game -- School and skill in the low-wage world -- Getting stuck, moving up -- Family values -- Who's in, who's out? -- What we can do for the working poor
- Control code
- ocm39654726
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xix, 388 p.
- Isbn
- 9780375402548
- Lccn
- 98038244
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o39654726
- (OCoLC)39654726
- Label
- No shame in my game : the working poor in the inner city, Katherine S. Newman
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-376) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Working lives -- The invisible poor -- Getting a job in the inner city -- No shame in (this) game -- School and skill in the low-wage world -- Getting stuck, moving up -- Family values -- Who's in, who's out? -- What we can do for the working poor
- Control code
- ocm39654726
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xix, 388 p.
- Isbn
- 9780375402548
- Lccn
- 98038244
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o39654726
- (OCoLC)39654726
Subject
- Armoede
- Armut
- Barrios marginados -- Estados Unidos
- Innenstadt
- Inner cities
- Inner cities -- United States
- Pobreza urbana -- Empleo -- Estados Unidos
- Stadskernen
- USA
- Arbeiter
- United States
- Urban poor
- Urban poor -- Employment
- Urban poor -- Employment -- United States
- Urban poor -- United States
- Werkgelegenheid
- Working poor
- Working poor -- United States
- USA
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