Evicted
by: Matthew Desmond
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Category - Non Fiction / POLITICAL SCIENCE
Format - Paperback
Condition - Like New
Listed - 3 months ago
Views - 4
Ships From - Mississippi
Est. Publication Date - Feb 2017
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
ISBN: 9780553447453
Publisher Description
Based on years of embedded fieldwork and painstakingly gathered data, this masterful book transforms our understanding of extreme poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solv...
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Empathy
nonfiction
socialscience
housing
Kristen’s Reading Nook
19 book reviews
Oct 24, 2023
Evicted by Matthew Desmond follows 8 families living below the poverty line in Milwaukee as they all face eviction after eviction.
Desmond moves into one of the trailer parks featured in the book, so he truly had a firsthand look at the struggles the families were facing.
The book is broken up i...
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The Cats' Library
15 book reviews
Aug 12, 2024
This was such an eye opening book, written in an easy to understand and personal way. You really get to know the people Desmond follows to tell the story of the eviction-poverty cycle. This should be required reading for high school kids.
