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02570aim a2200385 a 4500 001 0EE54C3ADE6B11DF9C83A1F56AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20101023010128 008 100814s2008 000 0 eng u 020 $a 9780061629228 020 $a 0061629227 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)\9780061629228 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) 040 $a TEFOD $d SILO 100 1 $a Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi. 245 1 $a Gang leader for a day [electronic resource] : $b [a rogue sociologist takes to the streets] $c Sudhir Venkatesh. 260 $a New York $b HarperAudio $c 2008. 300 $a Mode of access: $b World Wide Web. Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 125675 KB). 500 $a Downloadable audio file. 500 $a Duration: 8:44:39. 500 $a Title from: Title details screen. 500 $a Unabridged. 511 1 $a Cast: Reg Rogers ; foreward read by Stephen J. Dubner ; selections read by the author. 520 $a The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world's attention when it was first described in Freakonomics. Gang leader for a day is the fascinating full story of how Sudhir Venkatest managed to gain entree into the gang, what he learned, and how his method revolutionized the academic establishment ... When Venkatesh walked into an abandoned building in one of Chicago's most notorious housing projects, he was looking for people to take a multiple-choice survey on urban poverty. A first-year grad student hoping to impress his professors with his boldness, he never imagined that as a result of the assignment he would befriend a gang leader named JT and spend the better part of a decade inside the projects under JT's protection, documenting what he saw there. Over the next seven years, Venkatesh got to know the neighborhood dealers, crackheads, squatters, prostitutes, pimps, activists, cops, organizers, and officials. 650 $a African Americans $x Chicago. $x Chicago. 650 $a Audiobooks. 650 $a Chicago (Ill.) $x Social conditions. 650 $a Gangs $x Chicago. $x Chicago. 650 $a Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi. 700 $a Dubner, Stephen J. 700 $a Harper Audio (Firm) 700 $a Rogers, Reg. 856 $u http://wilbor.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=04C81562-0F95-41B1-BD69-5ABCDC8FB2CC $3 URL 941 $a 2 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20110902011010.0 952 $l XBPE737 $d 20101023011149.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0EE54C3ADE6B11DF9C83A1F56AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search