[PDF.13ee] Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets

Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets

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 | #5245 in Books |  Penguin Books |  2008-12-30 |  2008-12-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.44 x.69 x5.44l,.64 | File type: PDF | 320 pages

 | Penguin Books

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||7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| Eye Opening, Important Read|By ML|Sudhir Venkatesh was a Ph.D. student at the University of Chicago, studying urban poverty. In an effort to interview those living in urban destitution, he grabbed a multiple-choice survey, and headed over to the Robert Taylor Homes - one of Chicago's most notorious housing projects.

After a tense introduction, Venkatesh befriended JT|From Publishers Weekly|In the late 1980s and 1990s, rogue sociologist Venkatesh infiltrated the world of tenant and gang life in Chicago's Robert Taylor Home projects. He found a complex system of compromises and subsistence that makes life (barely) manageable.

A New York Times Bestseller

Foreword by Stephen J. Dubner, coauthor of Freakonomics

When first-year graduate student Sudhir Venkatesh walked into an abandoned building in one of Chicago’s most notorious housing projects, he hoped to find a few people willing to take a multiple-choice survey on urban poverty--and impress his professors with his boldness. He never imagined that as a result of this assignment he would befrie...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets   |  Sudhir Venkatesh.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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