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Author:

Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi.

Title:

Floating city : a rogue sociologist lost and found in New York's underground economy / Sudhir Venkatesh.

Publisher:

The Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

pages cm

Subject:

Informal sector (Economics)--New York.--New York.
Sociology, Urban--New York.--New York.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

When worlds collide -- New York, New York -- The shifting ground beneath your feet -- Moving on up -- Sex is a passport -- Adventures in role-playing -- Boundary issues -- Exit strategies.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

1594204160
9781594204166

LCCN:

2013007700

Locations:

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

ORAX826 -- Scott Community College (Bettendorf)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)