Gang leader for a day
Subtitle: a rogue sociologist takes to the streets
By: Sudhir Venkatesh.
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781594201509
Subjects: Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi; Gangs -- Illinois -- Chicago; African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago; Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword
pagenum: xi
authors: Stephen J. Dubner; title: Preface
pagenum: xiii; label: One
title: How Does It Feel to Be Black and Poor?
pagenum: 1; label: Two
title: First Days on Federal Street
pagenum: 27; label: Three
title: Someone to Watch Over Me
pagenum: 67; label: Four
title: Gang Leader for a Day
pagenum: 113; label: Five
title: Ms. Bailey's Neighborhood
pagenum: 145; label: Six
title: The Hustler and the Hustled
pagenum: 185; label: Seven
title: Black and Blue
pagenum: 219; label: Eight
title: The Stay-Together Gang
pagenum: 247; title: Author's Note
pagenum: 285; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 287; title: Index
pagenum: 291