Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets

Author: Venkatesh, SudhirBrand: Brand: Penguin Press HC, TheEdition: First EditionFeatures: Used Book in Good ConditionBinding: HardcoverNumber Of Pages: 320Release Date: 10-01-2008Details: First introduced in Freakonomics, here is the full story of Sudhir Venkatesh, the sociology grad student who infiltrated one of Chicago's most notorious gangs 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 Venkatesh managed to gain entrance 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 r