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In her book nickel and dimed on not getting by in america journalist barbara ehrenreich conducted ethnographic research to study what its like to be a low wage worker in the united states ehrenreich took an immersive approach to her research she worked in low wage jobs such as food service and housecleaning in order to better understand these workers lives. Nickel and dimed a sociological examination all sociological theories can be discussed through barbara ehrenreichs nickel and dimed and much can be demonstrated the length of this paper will have brief overviews of nickel and dimed while going over sociological concepts presented by soci. Eitzens book is fueled by sociological concepts that help the reader to understand society and social problems nickel and dimed unlike social problems because it provides a first hand experience of the author going through the experiences of millions of americans. Summary the paper social inequality portrayed in nickel and dimed barbara ehrenreich seeks to evaluate the concept of social inequality which first came into practice in europe with the definition of class where british obsession with class became rampant across the world and mostly on her colonies. Literature 1 nickel and dimed on not getting by in america by barbara ehrenreich the social ladder soc 343 ol01 april 21 2018 introduction the book nickel and dimed on not getting by in america was authored by barbara ehrenreich personally i choose this book because of the cover art on it on the cover there is a