The Book Prize Index

The Working Poor: Invisible in America

David Shipler

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Arab and Jew" comes a new book that gives a searing, intimate portrait of working American families struggling against insurmountable odds to escape poverty.

Society & CultureSociety & Culture · medium confidenceSociety & Culture81 signalsLlm Classifier: Society & Culture -> Society & CultureGoogle Books: Political Science -> ScienceGoogle Books: Political Science -> Politics & GovernmentBusiness BiographyClass, Poverty & Inequality

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionMajor2004FinalistSecondary source
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