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

Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city

Desmond, Matthew (author.).

Summary: Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they struggle to keep a roof over their heads.

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  • ISBN: 1432843389
  • ISBN: 9781432843380
  • ISBN: 1432843133
  • ISBN: 9781432843137
  • Physical Description: 687 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Farmington Hills, Michigan : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2017.

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General Note:
Originally published: New York : Broadway Books, [2016].
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.
Subject: Large print type books
Cities and towns United States
Profit United States
Poverty United States
Eviction United States
Low-income housing United States
Genre: Nonfiction.
Large type books.
Large type books.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lackawanna County Library System.

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Albright Memorial Library LARGE TYPE 339.4 DESMOND (Text) 50686015352284 Adult Nonfiction Available -

Summary: Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they struggle to keep a roof over their heads.
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