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Language English Pages 288 pp. Originally published 14 January 2008 Genre Biography Country United States of America | 4/5 Goodreads Media type Print ISBN 978-1-59420-150-9 Publisher Penguin Books | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publication date January 14, 2008 (2008-01-14) Characters Ms. Bailey, Ms. Mae, Autry Harrison, Officer Reggie, J.T., T-Bone, Clarisse, C-Note Similar Sudhir Venkatesh books, Non-fiction books, African Americans books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sudhir venkatesh on gang leader for a day
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets is an autobiography written by Sudhir Venkatesh. The book chronicles the life of the urban poor and explores Venkatesh's views on poverty, money, gangs, drugs, and life in Chicago.
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Summary
Gang Leader for Day recounts the day-to-day life of the urban poor, Sudhir Venkatesh, an Indianborn sociology graduate student, headed to Robert Taylor Homes.
His nearly decadelong research yielded valuable data, reveals the corporation like workings of the streetlevel drug trade, and serves as the basis of this book.
Reception
Gang Leader for a Day has garnered reviews from The New York Times, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and Entertainment Weekly. The book was also Mark Zuckerberg's third selection in his 2015 "Year of Books".