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Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city  Cover Image Book Book

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

Desmond, Matthew. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780553447439
  • ISBN: 0553447432
  • ISBN: 9780553447453
  • ISBN: 0553447459
  • ISBN: 0553447440
  • ISBN: 9780553447446
  • Physical Description: x, 418 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Crown Publishers, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-405) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Author's note -- Prologue : Cold city -- pt. 1, Rent. The business of owning the city ; Making rent ; Hot water ; A beautiful collection ; Thirteenth Street ; Rat hole ; The sick ; Christmas in Room 400 -- pt. 2, Out. Order some carryout ; Hypes for hire ; The 'hood is good ; Disposable ties ; E-24 ; High tolerance ; A nuisance ; Ashes on snow -- pt. 3, 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.
Subject: Low-income housing > United States.
Eviction > United States.
Poverty > United States.
Profit > United States.
Cities and towns > United States.
Social science > Sociology > Urban.
Social science > Poverty and Homelessness.
Profit > United States.
Eviction > United States.
Poverty > United States.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Town of Orford Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.

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Orford Social Library 339.4/60973 34190000104918 Adult nonfiction - Front room Available -


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