Floating city

a rogue sociologist lost and found in New York's underground economy

Floating city

a rogue sociologist lost and found in New York's underground economy
Sudhir Venkatesh
Book - 2013

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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37413314821978 Disponible Non-fiction 330 VENKATE
Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi
Format: Livre
Langue:English
Publié: New York : The Penguin Press, 2013.
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