Large Print Book
Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city / Matthew Desmond.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781432843137
- ISBN: 1432843133
- ISBN: 9781432843380
- ISBN: 1432843389
- Physical Description: 687 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Farmington Hills, Michigan : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| 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. |
| Summary, etc.: | 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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| Subject: | Low-income housing > United States. Eviction > United States. Poverty > United States. Profit > United States. Cities and towns > United States. Large print type books. |
| Genre: | Large type books. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Skagit Library | LP 339.460 DES | 1015035 | Large Print | Available | - |
