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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (Hardcover, 2016)
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'Essential. A compelling and damning exploration of the abuse of one of our basic human rights: shelter.'. Owen Jones Arleen spends nearly all her money on rent but is kicked out with her kids in Milwaukee's coldest winter for years.
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'I wish the rent was heaven sent.' Evictions in American cities used to be so rare they drew crowds. Now they happen day in, day out. This searing, heartbreaking book tells the story of poverty today, and the people who live it. Arleen spends nearly all her money on rent but is kicked out with her kids in Milwaukee's coldest winter for years. Doreen's home is so filthy her family call it 'the rat hole'. Lamar, a wheelchair-bound ex-soldier, tries to work his way out of debt for his boys. Scott, a nurse turned addict, lives in a gutted-out trailer. This is their world. And this is the twenty-first century- where fewer and fewer people can afford a simple roof over their head. From abandoned slums to shelters, eviction courts to ghettoes, Matthew Desmond spent years living with and recording the stories of those struggling to survive - yet who won't give up. A work of love, care and humanity, Evicted reminds us why, without a home, nothing else is possible. It is one of the most necessary books of our time. Praise for EvictedProduct Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780241260852
eBay Product ID (ePID)221221211
Product Key Features
Number of Pages432 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEvicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Publication Year2016
SubjectGovernment, Sociology
TypeTextbook
AuthorMatthew Desmond
Subject AreaEconomic Sociology
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height240 mm
Item Weight705 g
Item Width162 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorMatthew Desmond
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- 29 May, 2022
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,Read this book before, but on mobile phone. "Evicted" the film was based on parts of the informative story of this book, but the book reveals much more insight into the poor and housing in the USA. Stories are told of individual people, yet imperial facts are applied t to reinforce the true reality of housing for the poorer. Attest read for those interested in politics, sociology or life in the USA.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
