SUDHIR VENKATESH is William B. Ransford Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. He has written extensively about American poverty and is currently working on a project comparing the urban poor in France and the United States. His writings, stories, and documentaries have appeared in The American Prospect, This American Life, The Source, PBS, and National Public Radio. Venkatesh's latest book, Floating City: A Rogue Sociologist Lost and Found in New York's Underground Economy, was published in September 2013 by The Penguin Press.
"Riveting." —The New York Times
"Compelling . . . dramatic . . . Venkatesh gives readers a window
into a way of life that few Americans understand." —Newsweek
"An eye-opening account into an underserved city within the
city." —Chicago Tribune
"The achievement of Gang Leader for a Day is to give the dry
statistics a raw, beating heart." —The Boston Globe
"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
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