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Title: The Working Poor : Invisible in America by DAVID K. SHIPLER ISBN: 0-375-40890-8 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Beacon of Hope for the Voiceless Masses. 10 Stars!
Comment: David K. Shipler did an outstanding job bringing the harsh and saddening reality of what the lives are like for the 'working poor' in America. Shipler makes wonderful recommendations for higher wages so people can actually survive, redistribution of funds for schools so all children have the chance for receiving the education they deserve, as well as stating the position of responsibility on society as a whole to work together for the common good of all.
This book brings a brutal awakening for anyone who believes in the 'American Dream' as it so clearly shows that this land is all too filled with people turning the other way when someone is in need.
I HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone who is in a position to make positive and lasting change in society, as well as for those who are in a better position, so you can see if there is a difference you can make.
This book brings out the truth with vital recommendations for direly needed changes, which is why I recommend it as a must read for all.
Barbara Rose, author of 'If God Was Like Man' and 'Individual Power'
Rating: 4
Summary: The un heard
Comment: The Working Poor: Invisible in America gives you a personal outlook on how many Americans live there lives in the lower class. It opens your eyes and shows that every little person counts. This gives you a whole new respect of the people who scan your groceries or the people that let you have it your way at Burger King. David Shipler gives you a real life story and breaks down the struggles and hardships that the lower working class must go through day in and day out just to get by in society where the most important people are over looked. This book deserves to be read not just to here about poor people struggling but to understand how many Americans have to survive in the life of poverty.
Rating: 5
Summary: Makes you think twice
Comment: I requested this book from the library after seeing an episode of Nightline with Ted Koppel.
This book really does make you stop and think about how different our lives really are in America. I hate to admit this, but I usually don't pay too much attention to the people who are on the edge of poverty, working the jobs that most of us will never have to work. Now, when I go to the fast food window or to a Kmart or Walmart, I realize that many of these workers are not getting paid well, and probably cannot even afford to shop at the stores they work in, or buy food at the fast food place either.
I'm not the best writer, but please take a look at this book if you get the chance. Maybe it will help you to understand what these people are going through.
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Title: A Country of Strangers : Blacks and Whites in America by David K. Shipler ISBN: 0679734546 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich ISBN: 0805063897 Publisher: Owl Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich - and Cheat Everybody Else by David Cay Johnston ISBN: 1591840198 Publisher: Portfolio Pub. Date: 25 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century by Paul Krugman ISBN: 0393058506 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land by David K. Shipler ISBN: 0142002291 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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