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• catalog abstract ""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.".
• catalog contributor b11149209.
• catalog created "1999.".
• catalog date "1999".
• catalog date "1999.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
• catalog description ""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.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-376) and index.".
• catalog description "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.".
• catalog extent "xix, 388 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0375402543".
• catalog issued "1999".
• catalog issued "1999.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Knopf and the Russell Sage Foundation,".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "362.5/0973/091732 21".
• catalog subject "HV4045 .N48 1999".
• catalog subject "Inner cities United States.".
• catalog subject "Urban poor Employment United States.".
• catalog subject "Urban poor United States.".
• catalog subject "Working poor United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "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.".
• catalog title "No shame in my game : the working poor in the inner city / Katherine S. Newman.".
• catalog type "text".