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Gang leader for a day : a rogue sociologist takes to the streets /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Gangs > Illinois > Chicago.
African Americans > Illinois > Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social conditions.
Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi.
Table of Contents:
  • "How does it feel to be black and poor?"
  • First days on Federal Street
  • Someone to watch over me
  • Gang leader for a day
  • Ms. Bailey's neighborhood
  • The hustler and the hustled
  • Black and blue
  • The stay-together gang.