| Edition |
First paperback edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 422 pages ; 21 cm |
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Includes Reader's guide. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-405) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Cold city -- Part One. Rent. The business of owning the city ; Making rent ; Hot water ; A beautiful collection ; Thirteenth Street ; Rat hole ; The sick ; Christmas in Room 400 -- Part Two. Out. Order some carryout ; Hypes for hire ; The 'hood is good ; Disposable ties ; E-24 ; High tolerance ; A nuisance ; Ashes on snow -- Part Three. After. 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 -- Epilogue: Home and hope -- About this project. |
| Summary |
"In this powerful work of narrative nonfiction, Desmond documents the months he spent living alongside tenants and landlords in Milwaukee, exploring the issues of poverty and homelessness in a segregated city. Taking readers on a journey into the daily lives of families facing eviction, sometimes repeatedly, the author creates a compelling and heartbreaking work that leaves readers wondering how we got here and what we can do to help."-- http://lj.libraryjournal.com |
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"In Evicted, Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads ... 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."-- Cover. |
| Awards |
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, 2017 |
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The Pulitzer Prize, 2017 |
| Subject |
Low-income housing -- United States.
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Eviction -- United States.
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Poverty -- United States.
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Profit -- United States.
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Cities and towns -- United States.
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United States.
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Social sciences -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Social sciences -- Poverty and Homelessness.
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Housing. (DNLM)D006798
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Poverty. (DNLM)D011203
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Cities and towns. (OCoLC)fst00861748
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Eviction. (OCoLC)fst00917169
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Low-income housing. (OCoLC)fst01003210
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Poverty. (OCoLC)fst01074093
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Profit. (OCoLC)fst01078608
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Title |
Poverty and profit in the American city |
| Other Editions: |
Reprint of (manifestation): Desmond, Matthew. Evicted. First edition. New York : Crown Publishers, [2016] 9780553447439 (DLC) 2015027374 (OCoLC)915135748 |
| ISBN |
9780553447453 (paperback) |
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0553447459 (paperback) |
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9780553447446 (ebook) |
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