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Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city Cover Image Book

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

Desmond, Matthew, (author.).

Summary:

A Harvard sociologist examines the challenge of eviction as a cause of poverty in America, revealing how people are forced from their homes and reduced to cycles of extreme disadvantage that are reinforced by legal systems.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780553447453
  • ISBN: 0553447459
  • ISBN: 9780553447439
  • ISBN: 0553447432
  • Physical Description: xviii, 422 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Broadway Books, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes reader's guide.
Publisher and paging may vary.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-405) and index.

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Subject: Low-income housing > United States.
Eviction > United States.
Profit > United States.
Cities and towns > United States.
Public housing > United States.
Landlord and tenant > United States.
Poverty > United States.
Profit.

Available copies

  • 55 of 57 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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  • 1 current hold with 57 total copies.
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Marion Library 339.46 DES (Text) 37810435404693 Adult Nonfiction Available -