| Portion of title |
Poverty and profit in the American city |
| 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. |
| Review |
"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 repeatedly, the author creates a compelling and heartbreaking work that leaves readers wondering how we got here and what we can do to help."-- http://lj.libraryjournal.com |
| Abstract |
"In Evicted, Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads ... Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of twenty-first-century America's most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible."-- Cover. |
| General note | Includes Reader's guide. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-405) and index. |
| Awards note | Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, 2017 |
| Awards note | The Pulitzer Prize, 2017 |
| Other edition issued | Reprint of (manifestation): Desmond, Matthew. Evicted. First edition. New York : Crown Publishers, [2016] 9780553447439 |
| Genre/form | Case studies. |
| Genre/form | Creative nonfiction. |
| Genre/form | Essais fictionnels. |
| LCCN | 2015027374 |
| ISBN | 9780553447453 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0553447459 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
