{"product_id":"eviction-a-social-history-of-rent-jessica-field-paperback","title":"Eviction : A Social History of Rent - Jessica Field","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"container container--50 u-separator-bottom\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn alternative history of housing in post-war Britain – a cautionary tale of rent, precarity, and working-class resistance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrounded in personal experience, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEviction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003euncovers a hidden history of housing injustice and working-class resistance in what has become a perennial battleground for social conflict in modern Britain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2017, Jessica Field’s parents and more than a hundred of their neighbours received warning of imminent eviction. Their corporate landlord intended to demolish their affordable, privately rented homes to replace them with middle-class houses for sale. Led by the women of the estate, tenants launched an anti-eviction campaign to save their close-knit community from destruction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe neighbourhood was the last remnant of a 1950s National Coal Board estate constructed to house local miners. When the coal industry declined in the 1970s, whole estates were auctioned off to speculators. Low-income tenants were at the mercy of global investors. Houses were left to rot. Rents soared. Tenants were exploited every step of the way. Yet time and again, tenant activists – especially women – fought back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEviction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a history of the British housing crisis in microcosm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container container--50 u-separator-bottom\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container container--50 u-separator-bottom\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container container--50 u-separator-bottom\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container container--50 u-separator-bottom\"\u003eAuthors:\u003cspan\u003e Jessica Field \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container container--50 u-separator-bottom\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container container--50 u-separator-bottom\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container container--50 u-separator-bottom\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container__content u-separator-right\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"post-text\"\u003e\n\u003csection\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e Verso Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 288\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781836743576\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date:\u003cspan\u003e September 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jessica Field","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58400846807423,"sku":"9781836743576","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/7797\/7910\/files\/9781804298886.jpg?v=1756898264","url":"https:\/\/bookshop.rias.org.uk\/products\/eviction-a-social-history-of-rent-jessica-field-paperback","provider":"RIAS Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}