Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and Girls in Poverty

by Amanda Freeman and Lisa Dodson

Book Overview

Two groundbreaking sociologists explore the way the American dream is built on the backs of working poor women

Many Americans take comfort and convenience for granted. We eat at nice restaurants, order groceries online, and hire nannies to care for kids.

Getting Me Cheap is a riveting portrait of the lives of the low-wage workers--primarily women--who make this lifestyle possible. Sociologists Lisa Dodson and Amanda Freeman follow...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620977427
• ISBN13: 9781620977422
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.6"