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|---|---|
| fixed length control field | 02251nam a2200421 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 332.3 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Karger, Howard Jacob, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Shortchanged |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | San Francisco, Calif. : |
| Name of publisher | Berrett-Koehler ; |
| Place of publication | Berkeley, Calif. : |
| Name of publisher | Publishers Group West [distributor], |
| Year of publication | c2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xx, 252 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | A BK currents book |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | pt. I. Overview of the fringe economy -- 1. America's changing fringe economy -- 2. Why the fringe economy is growing -- 3. Debt and the functionally poor middle class -- pt. II. The fringe sectors -- 4. The credit card industry -- 5. Storefront loans : pawnshops, payday loans, and tax refund lenders -- 6. Alternative services : check-cashers, the rent-to-own industry, and telecommunications -- 7. Fringe housing -- 8. Real estate speculation and foreclosure -- 9. The fringe auto industry -- 10. The getting-out-of-debt industry -- pt. III. Looking forward -- 11. What can be done to control the fringe economy? -- Glossary. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Poor |
| Topical Term | Working class |
| Topical Term | Informal sector (Economics) |
| Topical Term | Financial services industry |
| Topical Term | Debt |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10499950 |
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