Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

NEW YORK TIMESÂ BESTSELLER â€¢ WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE â€¢ NAMED ONE OF TIMEâ€™SÂ TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE â€¢ One of the most acclaimed books of our time, this modern classic â€œhas set a new standard for reporting on povertyâ€ (Barbara Ehrenreich,Â The New York Times Book Review).

InÂ Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur â€œGeniusâ€ Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as â€œwrenching and revelatoryâ€ (The Nation), â€œvivid and unsettlingâ€ (New York Review of Books),Â EvictedÂ transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of twenty-first-century Americaâ€™s most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible.Â

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY President Barack Obama â€¢Â The New York Times Book ReviewÂ â€¢Â The Boston GlobeÂ â€¢Â The Washington PostÂ â€¢Â NPRÂ â€¢ Entertainment WeeklyÂ â€¢Â The New Yorker â€¢Â BloombergÂ â€¢Â EsquireÂ â€¢ BuzzFeed â€¢ FortuneÂ â€¢Â San Francisco Chronicle â€¢Â Milwaukee Journal SentinelÂ â€¢Â St. Louis Post-DispatchÂ â€¢Â PoliticoÂ â€¢Â The WeekÂ â€¢Â Chicago Public LibraryÂ â€¢Â BookPageÂ â€¢Â Kirkus ReviewsÂ â€¢Â Library JournalÂ â€¢Â Publishers WeeklyÂ â€¢ Booklist â€¢Â Shelf Awareness

WINNER OF:Â The National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction â€¢ The PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction â€¢ The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction â€¢ The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism â€¢ The PEN/New England Award â€¢ TheÂ Chicago TribuneÂ Heartland Prize

FINALIST FOR THEÂ LOS ANGELES TIMESÂ BOOK PRIZE AND THE KIRKUS PRIZE

â€œEvictedÂ stands among the very best of the social justice books.â€â€”Ann Patchett, author ofÂ Bel CantoÂ andÂ CommonwealthÂ

â€œGripping and movingâ€”tragic, too.â€â€”Jesmyn Ward, author ofÂ Salvage the Bones

â€œEvictedÂ is that rare work that has something genuinely new to say about poverty.â€â€”San Francisco Chronicle
Country USA
Brand Broadway Books
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 26557724
Color Silver
ReleaseDate 2017-02-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780553447453

Country	USA
Brand	Broadway Books
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	26557724
Color	Silver
ReleaseDate	2017-02-28
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780553447453

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

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