{"product_id":"the-injustice-of-place-9780063239494","title":"The Injustice of Place","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sweeping and surprising new understanding of extreme poverty in America from the authors of the acclaimed \u003cem\u003e$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“This book forces you to see American poverty in a whole new light.” (Matthew Desmond, author of \u003cem\u003ePoverty, by America \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eEvicted\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Three of the nation’s top scholars - known for tackling key mysteries about poverty in America - turn their attention from the country’s poorest people to its poorest places. Based on a fresh, data-driven approach, they discover that America’s most disadvantaged communities are not the big cities that get the most notice. Instead, nearly all are rural. Little if any attention has been paid to these places or to the people who make their lives there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis revelation set in motion a five-year journey across Appalachia, the Cotton and Tobacco Belts of the Deep Sout\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524305756503,"sku":"9780063239494","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780063239494.jpg?v=1731856263","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-injustice-of-place-9780063239494","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}