Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

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In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur Genius Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they 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 21st 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. Free Download [ Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City ] By [ Matthew Desmond ] – kino-fada.fr The brutal truth of poverty in America is fardevastating than any fiction ever could be In evicted, Matthew Desmond brings rigorous sociological research and ethnography to Milwaukee s inner city This book is painful and necessary and eye opening I am ashamed of how little I knew about poverty and eviction This book is fucking depressing and hopeless and excellent We have got to do better Also the segregation And racist ass Ned who made his biracial stepdaughters say white power w The brutal truth of poverty in America is fardevastating than any fiction ever could be In evicted, Matthew Desmond brings rigorous sociological research and ethnography to Milwaukee s inner city This book is painful and necessary and eye opening I am ashamed of how little I knew about poverty and eviction This book is fucking depressing and hopeless and excellent We have got to do better Also the segregation And racist ass Ned who made his biracial stepdaughters say white power whil...This just won The Pulitzer Yay Evicted Poverty and Profit in the American City is probably the most important book that I have ever read If you are to read one non fiction book this year it should probably be this book This should be required reading in high school I learned about poverty and poor renters, the eviction process, and scumbag landlords.This book is about 8 families in Milwaukee T...It is no surprise that Evicted was the University Wisconsin Madison s Go Big Red book read for 2016, a book chosen by the chancellor and worked into campus wide discussions and events Set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, it examines the lives of a number of people who deal with eviction and the property owners To those outside the state, it might be less obvious how state politics have played into the background of many of the people in Evicted but suffice to say, the once independent State of Wisco It is no surprise that Evicted was the University Wisconsin Madison s Go Big Red book read for 2016, a book chosen by the chancellor and worked into campus wide discussions and events Set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, it examines the lives of a number of people who deal with eviction and the property owners To those outside the state, it might be less obvious how state politics have played into the background of many of the people in Evicted but suffice to say, the once independent State of Wisconsin has falle...I recalled that last year that author Roxane Gay was asked what was the last book that made you furious She said Evicted, by Matthew Desmond My God, what that book lays bare about American poverty It is devastating and infuriating and a necessary read So true I continue to think this book says oodlesthan Hillbilly Elegy A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis about poverty, class, and the American Dream I try to remember to sing this last stanza of Pretty Boy Floyd, the I recalled that last year that author Roxane Gay was asked what was the last book that made you furious She said Evicted, by Matthew Desmond My God, what that book lays bare about American poverty It is devastating and infuriating and a necessary read So true I continue to think this book says oodlesthan Hillbilly Elegy A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis about poverty, class, and the American Dream I try to remember to sing this last stanza of Pretty Boy Floyd, the s...Many thanks to my local friend Cindy for putting this book in my hands WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE Sherrena and Quentin always planned their vacations so that they were back before the first the month, when their days went long with eviction notices to pass out, new moves to manage, and rents to collect Because most of their tenants didn t have bank accounts, collecting rent was a face to face affair When Sheriff John walked i...Matthew Desmond s research driven prose is a dazzling work of examination and insight Within these pages, the business and culture of evictions is dissected down to the very dollars and cents that uphold this thriving industry The judicial system and the role it plays is scrutinized, and the lives of 8 families are put on intimate display for readers to bear witness to Within the pages of Eviction, Desmond paints a clandestine portrait of the precarious lives of those living at and below the Matthew Desmond s research driven prose is a dazzling work of examination and insight Within these pages, the business and culture of evictions is diss...Whatever our way out of this mess, one thing is certain This degree of inequality, this withdrawal of opportunity, this cold denial of basic needs, this endorsement of pointless suffering by no American value is this situation justified No moral code or ethical principle, no piece of scripture or holy teaching, can be summoned to defend what we have allowed our country to become I begin this review with what is essentially the end of this book There is another piece after this that will hav Whatever our way out of this mess, one thing is certain This degree of inequality, this withdrawal of opportunity, this cold denial of basic needs, this endorsement of pointless suffering by no American value is this situation justified No moral code or ethical principle, no piece of scripture or holy teaching, can be summoned to defend what we have allowed our country to become I begin this review with what is essentially the end of this book There is another piece after this that will have its own spotlight, but that quote above was the last paragraph of the epilogue And it was an epilogue I almost didn t listen to I believe there was an hour and forty three minutes remaining when the actual story ended I wasn t necessarily up for that I even considered it might be dead air How can an epilogue be that long Well, I would be remiss if I didn t tell you ...Wow, this is a powerful look at what it means to be poor in America The book follows eight families in the Milwaukee area, all facing eviction problems Some of the families are white, some are black, some have children All of them struggled to pay the monthly rent, which seemed ridiculously high for the broken down places they got Families have watched their incomes stagnate, or even fall, while their housing costs have soared Today, the majority of poor renting families in America spend ov Wow, this is a powerful look at what it means to be poor in America The book follows eight families in the Milwaukee area, all facing eviction problems Some of the families are white, some are black, some have children All of them struggled to pay the monthly rent, which seemed ridiculously high for the broken down places they got Families have watched their incomes stagnate, or even fall, while their housing costs have soared Today, the majority of poor renting families in America spend over half of their income on housing, and at least one in four dedicates 70 percent to paying the rent and keeping the lights on Millions of Americans are evicted every year because they can t make rent.Matthe...Find all of my reviews at book This book was Per usual when I read a good hardcover, 1 I failed to watch my children play in their baseball games and instead kept my tunnel vision pointed directly at the book and 2 the flagging of the pages happened which made all of the parents around me give me the that b % be cray look Buuuuuuuuuuuut as also per usual, I m not really going to quote anything that I post it noted After re Find all of my reviews at book This book was Per usual when I read a good hardcover, 1 I failed to watch my children play in their baseball games and instead kept my tunnel vision pointed directly at the book and 2 the flagging of the pages happened which made all of the parents around me give me the that b % be cray look Buuuuuuuuuuuut as also per usual, I m not really going to quote anything that I post it noted After reading Evicted I was left with one reactionIf you really want to provide yourself a justifiable excuse to hate the human race, this is the book for you Evicted follows the lives of several ...This is definitely not Good Times I didn t realize until I read the afterward that the author of this book put himself right into the middle of the people he portrays lives He gave them rides to look for houses, he even loaned them small amounts of money at times He admits that he misses living in the trailer park among them This book I hopepeople get it and read it I ve been on a smart book kick lately and I ve starred them all pretty highly but this one is just amazing ...

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
  • English
  • 05 March 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 418 pages
  • 0553447432
  • Matthew Desmond
  • Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City