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Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets is a memoir written by Sudhir Venkatesh. [1] The book chronicles the life of the urban poor and explores Venkatesh's views on poverty, money, gangs, drugs, and life in Chicago .
30 gru 2008 · Examining the morally ambiguous, highly intricate, and often corrupt struggle to survive in an urban war zone, Gang Leader for a Day also tells the story of the complicated friendship that develops between Venkatesh and JT--two young and ambitious men a universe apart.
In the Robert Taylor Homes projects on Chicago's South Side, Sudhir befriends J.T., a gang leader for the Black Kings. As he slowly gains J.T.'s trust, one day, in order to convince Sudhir of his own CEO-like qualities, J.T. makes him leader of the gang...
20 gru 2012 · Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh. Publication date. 2008. Topics. Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi, Gangs -- Illinois -- Chicago, African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago, Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions. Publisher. Penguin Press. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled.
Sudhir Venkatesh, a graduate student in sociology at the University of Chicago, begins Gang Leader for a Day by describing a crack den in a project on the South Side of that city. Sudhir says he is not there to do drugs, but to observe people as they buy them, do them, and sell them.
1 sty 2008 · A nonfiction memoir of a sociologist who infiltrated a Chicago crack-dealing gang and observed its operations and dynamics for seven years. The book explores the morality, complexity, and corruption of urban poverty and crime through the eyes of a rogue sociologist and a gang leader.
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...
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