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Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city / Matthew Desmond.

Desmond, Matthew, (author.).

Summary:

A Harvard sociologist examines the challenge of eviction as a cause of poverty in America, revealing how people are forced from their homes and reduced to cycles of extreme disadvantage that are reinforced by legal systems.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780553447453
  • ISBN: 0553447459
  • ISBN: 9780553447439
  • ISBN: 0553447432
  • Physical Description: xviii, 422 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Broadway Books, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes reader's guide.
Publisher and paging may vary.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-405) and index.
Subject:
Low-income housing > United States.
Eviction > United States.
Profit > United States.
Cities and towns > United States.
Public housing > United States.
Landlord and tenant > United States.
Poverty > United States.
Profit.

Available copies

  • 53 of 56 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 56 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library 339.46 DES (Text) 36015001721725 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library 339.4 D (Text) 39493107919278 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Ashe County Public Library 339.46 DES (Text) 50503300408343 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Beaufort Main 339.4 DESMO (Text) 34208203513261 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Black Mountain Library 339.460973 DES (Text) 0020512164532 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Bladen Main Branch 339.46 DES (Text) 30441100970367 Adult New Nonfiction Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library 339.4 Des (Text) 37807000072666 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Canton Library 339.46 Desmond (Text) 33115007682509 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cleveland County Main Library 339.46 DES (Text) 22281500128658 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Coats Public Library 339.4609 Des (Text) 33633002162138 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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Summary: A Harvard sociologist examines the challenge of eviction as a cause of poverty in America, revealing how people are forced from their homes and reduced to cycles of extreme disadvantage that are reinforced by legal systems.