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020 _a9780141030913
028 _a:Zafaa Books & Distributors
_b:313/56F 49A, Anand Nagar Inderlok Delhi 110035
_c:ZBD0172
_d:29/05/2022
082 _a364.106 VEN
100 _aVenkatesh, Sudhir
245 _aGang leader for a day
_b: a rogue sociologist crosses the line
_c/ Sudhi Venkatesh
260 _aLondon
_b: Penguin Books,
_c2009.
300 _axiv, 302p
_c 20 cm
365 _b1027
505 _a How does it feel to be black and poor? -- First days on Federal Street -- Someone to watch over me -- Gang leader for a day -- Ms. Bailey's neighborhood -- The hustler and the hustled -- Black and blue -- The stay-together gang.
520 _aThe story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world's attention when it was first described in Freakonomics. This is the full story of how Venkatesh managed to gain entrée into the gang, what he learned, and how his method revolutionized the academic establishment. When first-year grad student Venkatesh walked into one of Chicago's most notorious housing projects, he was looking for people to take a survey on urban poverty. He never imagined that he would befriend a gang leader and spend the better part of a decade inside the projects under his protection. He got to know the neighborhood dealers, crackheads, squatters, prostitutes, pimps, activists, cops, organizers, and officials. From his position of unprecedented access, he observed the gang as they operated their crack-selling business and rose or fell within the ranks of the gang's complex organizational structure.--From publisher description.
650 _aSocial problems and social services
650 _aCriminology
650 _aUrban poor -- Research -- Illinois -- Chicago.
650 _aGangs -- Illinois -- Chicago.
650 _aAfrican Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago.
650 _aPauvres en milieu urbain -- Recherche -- Illinois -- Chicago.
650 _aNoirs américains -- Illinois -- Chicago.
650 _aSociology students.
700 _a Venkatesh, Sudhir
942 _cBOOK
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