- Social conditions, Young men, African Americans, Gangs
The 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.
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Contemporary, grave, earnest and classical in form.
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- Author
- Sudhir Venkatesh
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Penguin Press HC, The, Penguin Press
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781594201509
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