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Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city  Cover Image Book 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 formidable cause of poverty in America, revealing how millions of people are wrongly forced from their homes and reduced to cycles of extreme disadvantage that are reinforced by dysfunctional legal systems.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780553447439
  • ISBN: 0553447432
  • Physical Description: 418 pages ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York City : Crown, 2016.

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General Note:
Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
Citation/References Note:
BL 2/1/16
KR 3/16
Awards Note:
Carnegie Medal Winner, Nonfiction 2017
Subject: Low-income housing > United States.
Eviction > United States.
Poverty > United States.
Profit > United States.
Cities and towns > United States.

Available copies

  • 19 of 19 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Pulaski County.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Pulaski County Library-Waynesville. (Show)

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Pulaski County Library-Waynesville 339.4 Des (Text) 33642000610873 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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