Floating city : a rogue sociologist lost and found in New York's underground economy
Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi2014
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Based on Venkatesh's interviews with New York City prostitutes and socialites, immigrants and academics, high end drug bosses and street-level dealers, "Floating City" exposes the underground as the city's true engine of social transformation and economic prosperity--revealing a wholly unprecedented vision of New York. A remarkable memoir of sociological investigation.
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Author:
Imprint:
New York : Penguin Books, 2014.
Collation:
287 pages ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
When worlds collide -- New York, New York -- The shifting ground beneath your feet -- Moving on up -- Sex is a passport -- Adventures in role-playing -- Boundary issues -- Exit strategies.
ISBN:
9780143125792 (pbk)0143125796
Dewey class:
330
LC class:
HD2346.U52
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
46397
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| Kathleen Syme Carlton | -Business and IT | BUSIN 330 VENK | Available |