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

Summary:

"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."--Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 9780553447439
ISBN: 0553447432
ISBN: 9780553447453
ISBN: 0553447459
Physical Description: x, 418 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: New York : Crown, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [343]-405) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: Cold city -- RENT. The business of owning the city ; Making rent ; Hot water ; A beautiful collection ; Thirteenth Street ; Rat hole ; The sick ; Christmas in Room 400 -- OUT. Order some carryout ; Hypes for hire ; The 'hood is good ; Disposable ties ; E-24 ; High tolerance ; A nuisance ; Ashes on snow -- 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.