Main entry:

Desmond, Matthew, author.

Title & Author:

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

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Publication:

New York : B\D\W\Y, Broadway Books, [2017]
©2016

Description:

xviii, 422 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes Reader's guide.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-405) and index.
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.
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, 2017
The Pulitzer Prize, 2017
Reprint of (manifestation): Desmond, Matthew. Evicted. First edition. New York : Crown Publishers, [2016] 9780553447439 (DLC) 2015027374 (OCoLC)915135748

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
"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.

ISBN:

9780553447453 (paperback)
0553447459 (paperback)
(ebook)
9780553447446

Subject:

Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Low-income housing United States.
Eviction United States.
Poverty United States.
Profit United States.
Cities and towns United States.
Housing.
Poverty.
Social science Sociology Urban.
Social science Poverty and Homelessness.
Pauvres Logement États-Unis.
Expulsion (Droit) États-Unis.
Pauvreté États-Unis.
Profit États-Unis.
Villes États-Unis.
Logement.
Pauvreté.
housing (concept)
poverty.
Cities and towns
Eviction
Low-income housing
Profit
United States.

Form/genre:

Case studies
Creative nonfiction.
Essais fictionnels.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 295219
Call No.: BIB 241315
Status: Available