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Evicted
poverty and profit in the American city
by Matthew Desmond and Enrique Maldonado Roldn
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"Even in the most desolate areas of American cities, evictions used to be rare. But today, most poor renting families are spending more than half of their income on housing, and eviction has become ordinary, especially for single mothers. In vivid, intimate prose, Desmond provides a ground-level view of one of the most urgent issues facing America today. As we see families forced into shelters, squalid apartments, or more dangerous neighborhoods, we bear witness to the human cost of America's vast inequality--and to people's determination and intelligence in the face of hardship. Based on years of embedded fieldwork and painstakingly gathered data, this masterful book transforms our understanding of extreme poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving a devastating, uniquely American problem. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible"--Publisher's website.
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Domestic Politics, non-fiction, 2008 financial crisis, low-income housing, eviction, poverty, profit, cities and towns, social science, urban sociology, poverty and homelessness, extreme poverty, affordable housing, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Poor, housing, Cities and towns, united states, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2016-03-20, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Sociology, Urban, Public Housing, Poverty Areas, Homeless Persons, Poverty & Homelessness, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Public Policy, General, Stadt, Armut, Miete, Schulden, Räumungsvollstreckung, Ausgrenzung, Landlord and tenant, COMMUNAUTÉS LOCALES + GROUPES LIÉS À UN LIEU + SOCIOLOGIE URBAINE, Fre, GHETTOS + ZONES DE SÉGRÉGATION, MILWAUKEE, MISÈRE FINANCIÈRE ET PAUVRETÉ, POLITIQUE DU LOGEMENT, QUARTIERS MISÉREUX + TAUDIS, SANS-ABRI + VAGABONDAGE, ÉTATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE, USA, Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Pauvres, Logement, Expulsion (Droit), Pauvreté, Villes, Logement social, Housing projects, Case studies, Social conditions, Economic conditions, Economic history, Low-income housing, Eviction, Poverty, Profit, Cities and towns, Domestic politics, Non-fiction, Social science, Urban sociology, Poverty and homelessness, Extreme poverty, Affordable housing, Social science / poverty & homelessness, Political science / public policy / general, Social science / sociology / urban, Nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2016-03-20, New york times bestseller, New york times reviewedPeople
Scott, Lamar, Vanetta, Sherrena Tarver, Tobin Charney, ArleenPlaces
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
2017, Broadway Books
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Evicted: poverty and profit in the American city
2017, Thorndike Press
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Evicted: poverty and profit in the American city
2016, Allen Lane
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2016, Crown Publishers
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-405) and index.
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, Winner 2017.
The Pulitzer Prize (US) : General Nonfiction Winner 2017.
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City is a 2016 non-fiction book by American author Matthew Desmond. Set in the poorest areas of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the book follows eight families struggling to pay rent to their landlords during the financial crisis of 2007–2008. Through a year of ethnographic fieldwork, Desmond's goal in the book is to highlight the issues of extreme poverty, affordable housing, and economic exploitation in the United States.
Evicted was well-received and won multiple book awards such as the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. The Pulitzer committee selected the book "for a deeply researched exposé that showed how mass evictions after the 2008 economic crash were less a consequence than a cause of poverty."
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