Matthew Desmond

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Matthew Desmond is an American sociologist and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for his work on poverty and housing, particularly the book "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City."

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author Matthew Desmond NERFINISHED
Matthew Desmond NERFINISHED
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction NERFINISHED
awardReceivedFor Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Arizona State University NERFINISHED
University of Wisconsin–Madison
fieldOfWork ethnography
housing
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genre non-fiction
social science
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hasWrittenOn American urban poor
landlords and housing markets
public policy and poverty
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languageOfWorkOrName English
mainSubject eviction
housing
poverty
urban inequality
wildland firefighters
notableAward Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction NERFINISHED
notableFor analysis of eviction and its social consequences
research on poverty and housing in the United States
notableWork Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City NERFINISHED
On the Fireline: Living and Dying with Wildland Firefighters NERFINISHED
occupation professor
sociologist
writer
researchFocus eviction
housing policy
poverty
urban inequality
researchMethod ethnography

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