Floating city
Subtitle: a rogue sociologist lost and found in New York's underground economy
By: Sudhir Venkatesh
Publisher: The Penguin Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781594204166
Subjects: Urban Sociology; Informal sector (Economics)
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: When worlds collide; title: New York, New York; title: The shifting ground beneath your feet; title: Moving on up; title: Sex is a passport; title: Adventures in role playing; title: Boundary issues; title: Exit strategies.