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Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city / Matthew Desmond.
Record details
- ISBN: 024126085X
- ISBN: 9780241260852
- ISBN: 9780553447446
- ISBN: 0553447440
- ISBN: 0553447459
- ISBN: 9780553447453
- ISBN: 0553447432 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9780553447439 (hardback)
- ISBN: 0553447459 (paperback)
- ISBN: 9780553447453 (paperback)
- ISBN: 0553447432 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9780553447439 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9780553447439 : HRD
- ISBN: 0553447432 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780553447453
- ISBN: 0553447459
- Physical Description: xviii, 422 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : B\D\W\Y, Broadway Books, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes Reader's guide. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-405) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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, etc.: | "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 "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 Note: | Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Winner, 2017. Pulitzer Prize winner, General Nonfiction, 2017. New York Times Best Sellers List. Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, 2017 The Pulitzer Prize, 2017 |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Rockville Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockville Public Library | 339.4609 DES (Text) | 34035138902701 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Evicted : Poverty and Profit in the American City
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Evicted : Poverty and Profit in the American City
'I wish the rent was heaven sent.' Evictions in American cities used to be so rare they drew crowds. Now they happen day in, day out. This searing, heartbreaking book tells the story of poverty today, and the people who live it. Arleen spends nearly all her money on rent but is kicked out with her kids in Milwaukee's coldest winter for years. Doreen's home is so filthy her family call it 'the rat hole'. Lamar, a wheelchair-bound ex-soldier, tries to work his way out of debt for his boys. Scott, a nurse turned addict, lives in a gutted-out trailer. This is their world. And this is the twenty-first century- where fewer and fewer people can afford a simple roof over their head. From abandoned slums to shelters, eviction courts to ghettoes, Matthew Desmond spent years living with and recording the stories of those struggling to survive - yet who won't give up. A work of love, care and humanity, Evicted reminds us why, without a home, nothing else is possible. It is one of the most necessary books of our time. Praise for Evicted
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