Matthew Desmond
Matthew Desmond is an assistant professor of sociology and social studies at Harvard University. He is the author of Evicted (forthcoming from Crown publishing), On the Fireline: Living and Dying with Wildland Firefighters (2007), and The Racial Order (co-authored with Mustafa Emirbayer, 2015).
Matthew Desmond is an assistant professor of sociology and social studies at Harvard University. He is the author of Evicted (forthcoming from Crown publishing), On the Fireline: Living and Dying with Wildland Firefighters (2007), and The Racial Order (co-authored with Mustafa Emirbayer, 2015). See less
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Matthew Desmond book reviews
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
An Unforgettable Account
by Juanita, Apr 19, 2021
I read through Evicted around three times and it did not take long to find out that this is an unforgettable book, an unforgettable account of people who are working hard to survive and live in ... Read More
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
How the high cost of housing leads to poverty
Excellent work of a sociologist on in impacts of the high cost of housing in people's lives. He tells very compelling stories of eight families in Milwaukee showing how the high cost of housing ... Read More
