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Article: Shipler, David K. The working poor; invisible in America.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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- May 1, 2005
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SHIPLER, David K. The working poor; invisible in America. Random House, Vintage. 329p. notes. index. c2004. 0-375-70821-9. $14.00. SA
When customers are served by associates in a store or restaurant, enter a freshly cleaned hotel room, or choose freshly picked foods at the grocery store, they benefit from the labor of the working poor. Shipler has interviewed persons of many colors and ethnicities to put together a picture of what their lives are like. He notes the effect on their lives of kinship groups, corporations, social attitudes, emergencies, job training programs, family dysfunction, foreign competition, and other impacts. He is chary of theories and ...