Evicted appears in 10 book lists

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Evicted appears in 10 book lists on Shepherd.

The best books to understand poverty today, from the bottom up

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The best books about the government housing rules that decide who gets to live where in America

Book cover of Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America's Broken Housing Systems Book cover of Moving Toward Integration: The Past and Future of Fair Housing Book cover of White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality Book cover of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Book cover of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

The best books on poverty and social welfare in the US and China

Book cover of The Undeserving Poor: America's Enduring Confrontation with Poverty Book cover of Trapped in America's Safety Net: One Family's Struggle Book cover of The Specter of "the People": Urban Poverty in Northeast China Book cover of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Book cover of Down on Their Luck: A Study of Homeless Street People

The best books to understand how our systems are failing our most vulnerable children—and to imagine a better way

Book cover of Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement Book cover of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Book cover of Bastard Out of Carolina Book cover of Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City Book cover of Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World

The best books on the economy as if people mattered

Book cover of Stealth Of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy Book cover of We Are Poor but So Many: The Story of Self-Employed Women in India Book cover of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Book cover of They Eat Our Sweat: Transport Labor, Corruption, and Everyday Survival in Urban Nigeria Book cover of The Myth of Marginality: Urban Poverty and Politics in Rio De Janeiro

The best books for inspiring you to make a difference

Book cover of Consensus Organizing: Building Communities of Mutual Self Interest Book cover of Solitary Book cover of Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America Book cover of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Book cover of Our Time Is Now

The best books about homelessness and poverty

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The best books to understand America in the 2020s

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The best books on how to make cities safer and help poor children learn and grow

Book cover of The Myth of Overpunishment: A Defense of the American Justice System and a Proposal to Reduce Incarceration While Protecting the Public Book cover of The Profession: A Memoir of Community, Race, and the Arc of Policing in America Book cover of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Book cover of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character Book cover of How the Other Half Learns: Equality, Excellence, and the Battle Over School Choice

The best books on cities and their power to change lives and attitudes

Book cover of Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City Book cover of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Book cover of Capital: The Eruption of Delhi Book cover of The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844: Frederick Engels Book cover of Cities in Civilization

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