Evicted
Subtitle: poverty and profit in the American city
By: Matthew Desmond
Edition: Large print edition (1)
Series: Thorndike Press large print core
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, MI
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 687
ISBN-13: 9781432843137
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Large print type books; Eviction; Poverty; Low-income housing; Profit; Cities and towns
Description: In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as “wrenching and revelatory” (The Nation), “vivid and unsettling” (New York Review of Books), Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of twenty-first-century America’s most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Broadway Books, [2016]

Includes bibliographical references (page 519-675).
Table of contents: title: Cold city; title: The business of owning the city; title: Making rent; title: Hot water; title: A beautiful collection; title: Thirteenth Street; title: Rat hole; title: The sick; title: Christmas in room 400; title: Order some carryout; title: Hypes for hire; title: The 'hood is good; title: Disposable ties; title: E-24; title: High tolerance; title: A nuisance; title: Ashes on snow; title: This is America; title: Lobster on food stamps; title: Little; title: Nobody wants the North Side; title: Bigheaded boy; title: If they give momma the punishment; title: The serenity club; title: Can't win for losing; title: Home and hope; title: About this project.