Evicted
Poverty and Profit in the American City
Farmington Hills, Michigan : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2017.
Format: Large Print
Description: 687 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they struggle to keep a roof over their heads.
Series: Thorndike Press large print core series.
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.
Subjects:
Low-income housing -- United States.
Eviction -- United States.
Poverty -- United States.
Profit -- United States.
Cities and towns -- United States.
Large print type books.
Large type books.
Low-income housing -- United States.
Eviction -- United States.
Poverty -- United States.
Profit -- United States.
Cities and towns -- United States.
Large print type books.
Large type books.
ISBN:
9781432843137 (hardcover : large print)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LP SOCIAL SCI Des | St. Andrews Indoors | Large Print Nonfiction | Out (Due: 4/29/2024) |
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Originally published: New York : Broadway Books, [2016]
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes bibliographical references.