WebThe acclaimed Columbia University sociologist and author of Gang Leader for a Day returns to the streets to connect the dots of New York’s divergent economic worlds and crack the code of the city’s underground economy. WebAug 26, 2014 · A memoir of sociological investigation, Floating City draws from Venkatesh’s decade of research within the affluent communities of …

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WebFloating City is a sociological study of the modern NYC underbelly, as experienced by Venkatesh in the years following his move to Columbia to lecture in 1999. Having already completed a study of Chicago gangs, Venkatesh originally set out to explore the lives of the drug gangs in his new city, but quickly found that due to its constant state ... WebSep 12, 2013 · In Floating City, Venkatesh explores New York from high to low, tracing the invisible threads that bind a handful of ambitious urban hustlers, from a Harvard-educated socialite running a high-end escort service to a Harlem crack dealer adapting to changing demands by selling cocaine to hedge fund managers and downtown artists. WebFloating City is a personal reflection on the challenges of ethnography. As Venkatesh writes, “many social scientists study inequality for their entire lives—I was hardly the only one—but there were probably fewer than a dozen who chose direct interpersonal contact over weeks and months and years” (p. 250). The informal economy and inequality: how many spies does the us have