Getting by on the minimum : the lives of working class women /

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Jennifer Johnson profiles the real-life stories of more than sixty women who have no college education, are married with kids, and earn an average of $16,000 per year, giving us an important window into a large, poorly understood segment of our society. Through the words of these women, Johnson capt...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, Jennifer, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2002.
Temas:
Working class women > United States > Case studies.
Poor women > United States > Case studies.
Social classes > United States > Case studies.
Femmes de la classe ouvrière > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Femmes pauvres > États-Unis > Cas, Études de.
Classes sociales > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Femmes pauvres > États-Unis > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Poor women.
Social classes.
Working class women.
Armut
Arbeiterklasse
Frau
Lage-inkomensgroepen.
United States.
USA.
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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