Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

by Matthew Desmond

Book Overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE - ONE OF TIME'S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE - ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

One of the most acclaimed books of our time, this modern classic "has set a new standard for reporting on poverty" (Barbara Ehrenreich, The New York Times Book Review).

In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553447459
• ISBN13: 9780553447453
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Great book

This book dives into the world of real life people dealing with the current housing market and the struggles of housing instability. Definitely recommend!

Unforgettable

A must read for anyone who truly wants to understand the deeper levels of the American economy and housing divide. Everyone should read this at some point in their lives. Unforgettable

This is a great book

Very insightful, very sad to see a broken system with broken people. Effects on everyone.