Free of judgement and more observational than i had expected, the biggest idea. Their wages do not lift them far enough from poverty to improve their lives, and their lives, in turn, hold them back. Available on kindle ebook and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. David k shipler david shipler journeys deeply into the lives of individual store clerks and factory workers, farm laborers and sweatshop seamstresses, illegal immigrants in menial jobs and americans saddled with. And unlike most works on poverty, this book also offers compelling portraits of employers struggling against razorthin profits and competition from abroad. In fact, shiplers ambitious journalistic study, the working poor. I was once on section 8 housing and disability and even still i never knew true poverty. Shipler makes clear in this powerful, humane study, the invisible poor are engaged in the activity most respected in american ideologyhard, honest work. From the author of the pulitzer prize winning arab and jew, an intimate portrait unfolds of working american families struggling against insurmountable odds to escape poverty. No book can ever do justice to the true suffering poverty brings but the working poor. Invisible in america is not a book of answer it is a book of questions born of insight. Invisible in america vintage reprint by david k shipler isbn. Most of the people i write about in this book do not have the luxury of rage. He talked about the problem of poverty in america, causes.
Nobody who works hard should be poor in america, writes pulitzer prize winner david. America has millions of working poorheres where they are. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Shipler represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in indiana state library.
They are white and black, latino and asianmen and women in small towns and city slums trapped near the poverty line, where the margins are so tight that even minor setbacks can cause devastating chain reactions. Invisible in america, makes two points that cant be stressed enough for anyone thinking seriously about poverty, hunger and. If youre looking for a free download links of the working poor. The phrase working poor doesnt carry much weight in this fractious political season. Invisible in america pdf, epub, docx and torrent then this site is not for you. Read the working poor invisible in america by david k. David shipler talks about his book the working poor. They are white and black, latino and asian men and women in small towns and city slums trapped near the poverty line, where the margins are so tight that even minor setbacks can cause devastating chain reactions. Free of judgement and more observational than i had expected, the biggest idea that is presented early on, is that. Invisible in america is a great place to start your journey toward understanding.
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