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Periodical Large Print Book

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Desmond, Matthew, author.

Title Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city / Matthew Desmond.

Publication Info.	Farmington Hills, Michigan : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2017.
	©2016

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Location	Call No.	Status
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	LP 339.4 DESMOND	Check Shelf
South Windsor Public Library - Large Print Materials	LP 339.46 D46E	Check Shelf

Description	687 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Physical Medium	large print rda
Series	Thorndike Press large print core
Note	Originally published: New York : Broadway Books, [2016]
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	Cold city -- The business of owning the city -- Making rent -- Hot water -- A beautiful collection -- Thirteenth Street -- Rat hole -- The sick -- Christmas in room 400 -- Order some carryout -- Hypes for hire -- The 'hood is good -- Disposable ties -- E-24 -- High tolerance -- A nuisance -- Ashes on snow -- This is America -- Lobster on food stamps -- Little -- Nobody wants the North Side -- Bigheaded boy -- If they give momma the punishment -- The serenity club -- Can't win for losing -- Home and hope -- About this project.
Summary	Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they struggle to keep a roof over their heads.
Subject	Low-income housing -- United States.
	Eviction -- United States.
	Poverty -- United States.
	Profit -- United States.
	Cities and towns -- United States.
	Large type books.
Genre/Form	Large print books.
ISBN	9781432843137 (hardcover : large print)
	1432843133 (hardcover : large print)
	9781432843380 (paperback: large print)
	1432843389 (paperback: large print)

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