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

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A New York Times Bestseller

"A rich portrait of the urban poor, drawn not from statistics but from vivid tales of their lives and his, and how they intertwined." The Economist

"A sensitive, sympathetic, unpatronizing portrayal of lives that are ususally ignored or lumped into ill-defined stereotype." Finanical Times

Foreword by Stephen J. Dubner, coauthor of
Freakonomics

When first-year graduate student Sudhir Venkatesh walked into an abandoned building in one of Chicago’s most notorious hous...