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

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Sociologist Matthew Desmond takes us into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge. Arleen is a single mother trying to raise her two sons on the 20 dollars a month she has left after paying for their rundown apartment. Scott is a gentle nurse consumed b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Desmond, Matthew
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown Publishers, [2016]
Edition:First Edition.
Subjects:
Low-income housing > United States.
Eviction > United States.
Poverty > United States > Case studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General.
Cities and towns.
Eviction.
Low-income housing.
Poverty.
Profit.
Milwaukee (Wis.) > Social conditions > 21st century.
Milwaukee (Wis.) > Economic conditions > 21st century.
United States.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:x, 418 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.