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

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"In this powerful work of narrative nonfiction, Desmond documents the months he spent living alongside tenants and landlords in Milwaukee, exploring the issues of poverty and homelessness in a segregated city. Taking readers on a journey into the daily lives of families facing eviction, sometimes re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Desmond, Matthew (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : B D W Y, Broadway Books, [2017]
Edition:First paperback edition.
Subjects:
Low-income housing > United States.
Eviction > United States.
Poverty > United States.
Profit > United States.
Cities and towns > United States.
Housing.
Poverty.
Creative nonfiction.
Genre:
Creative nonfiction.
Physical Description:xviii, 422 pages ; 21 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prologue: Cold city
  • Part one. Rent. The business of owning the city
  • Making rent
  • Hot water
  • A beautiful collection
  • Thirteenth Street
  • Rat hole
  • The sick
  • Christmas in Room 400
  • Part two. Out. Order some carryout
  • Hypes for hire
  • The 'hood is good
  • Disposable ties
  • E-24
  • High tolerance
  • A nuisance
  • Ashes on snow
  • Part three. 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.