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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

By Matthew Desmond
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By Matthew Desmond
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Ever look around and wonder how things ended up like this? Start with an accessible and thoughtful investigation into the root causes of one of our society's greatest problems, told throught the stories of eight families.

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 • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY • AN OPRAH DAILY BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE PAST TWO DECADES

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...

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