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Author:

Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi.

Title:

Off the books : the underground economy of the urban poor / Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xix, 426 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Informal sector (Economics)--Chicago.--Chicago.
Poor--Chicago.--Chicago.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-410) and index.

Contents:

Index. 7. Living underground -- 2. Home at work -- 3. The entrepreneur -- 4. The street hustler -- 5. The preacher -- 6. Our gang -- 7. As the shady world turns -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Summary:

Sudhir Venkatesh takes us into Maquis Park, a poor black neighborhood on Chicago's Southside, to explore the desperate, dangerous, and remarkable ways in which a community survives. We find there an entire world of unregulated, unreported, and untaxed work, a system of living off the books that is daily life in the ghetto. From women who clean houses and prepare lunches for the local hospital to small-scale entrepreneurs like the mechanic who works in an alley; from the preacher who provides mediation services to the beauty parlor owner who rents her store out for gambling parties; and from street vendors hawking socks and incense to the drug dealing and extortion of the local gang, we come to see how these activities form the backbone of the ghetto economy.--From publisher description.

ISBN:

9780674023550 (alk. paper)
0674023552 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006046213

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USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

LTAX046 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Centerville (Centerville)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)