In aspiring to tell a new york city story, author sudhir venkatesh weaves together an analysis of aspects of that citys. A rogue sociologist lost and found in new yorks underground economy is one of the most daring books that i have read in some time. Sep 12, 20 just over five years ago i spent a very shortseeming flight from london to toronto reading sudhir venkateshs first book, gang leader for a day, recounting his field work as a sociologist in chicago. Floating city a rogue sociologist lost and found in new yorks underground economy by sudhir venkatesh penguin press. Floating city sudhir venkatesh 9781594204166 netgalley. Sep, 20 rogue sociologist embeds with prostitutes and crack dealers in nyc we chat with sudhir venkatesh, author of gang leader for a day, about his latest book on underground economies. Rogue sociologist embeds with prostitutes and crack. Sep 24, 20 floating city is venkateshs journey through the vast invisible continent of new yorks underground economy a thriving yet largely unseen world that exists in parallel to our own, at the heart of every city.
Sudhir venkatesh joins us at international house to discuss his latest book, floating city. I totally agree that venkatesh is the most boring character in the book. This book could have easily been called how sudhir venkatesh went to learn about new. The underground economy of illegal goods and services is the meat of the book. He wants the academic tenure that would guarantee him a job for life. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free.
Study guide gang leader for a day by sudhir venkatesh supersummary book summary. Just over five years ago i spent a very shortseeming flight from london to toronto reading sudhir venkateshs first book, gang leader for a day, recounting his field work as a sociologist in chicago. See all books authored by sudhir venkatesh, including gang leader for a day, and off the books. Une ville flottante is an adventure novel by french writer jules verne first published in 1871 in france. Bridging this economic divide is new yorks underground economy, the invisible network of illicit transactions between rich and poor that secretly weaves together the whole city. One fault in the book, though, is the way that venkatesh. New york is a city of highs and lows, where wealthy elites share the streets with desperate immigrants and destitute locals. If you live in the new york of shake shack burgers and business meetings at the w hotel, you should read sudhir venkateshs floating city. Instead he delivers an expansive account of the varieties of social power that impinge on the smaller worlds of vice trafficking in new york.
A memoir of sociological investigation, floating city draws from venkateshs decade of research within the affluent communities of upper east side socialites and midtown businessmen, the drug gangs of harlem and the sex workers of brooklyn, the artists of tribeca and the escort services of hells kitchen. His most recent book is gang leader for a day, a new york times bestseller that received a best book. At the time of its publication, the novel enjoyed a similar level of popularity as around the world in eighty days. Listen to floating city a rogue sociologist lost and found in new yorks underground economy by sudhir venkatesh available from rakuten kobo. Townsend, lyanda lynn haupt, and rebecca solnit and rebecca snedeker. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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Yet he doesnt want to write a book thats only for scholars. Floating city is venkateshs journey through the vast invisible continent of new yorks underground economy a thriving yet largely unseen world that exists in parallel to our own, at the heart of every city. Apr 21, 2014 a few years ago, a university of chicago sociologist named sudhir venkatesh made waves by integrating himself into the chicago gang scene. Venkatesh made his name with gang leader for a day, about chicago. As of september 2016, he has taken a position at facebook. Based on venkateshs interviews with prostitutes and socialites, immigrants and academics, high end drug bosses and streetlevel dealers, floating city exposes the underground as the citys true engine of social transformation and economic prosperityrevealing a wholly unprecedented vision of new york. Floating city an exploration of new york citys underground economy is a recent nonfiction contribution to the media smorgasbord, which stands out primarily because its written by an actual sociology professor, sudhir venkatesh, who teaches at columbia university. Sudhir venkatesh books list of books by author sudhir. A rogue sociologist lost and found in new yorks underground economy by sudhir venkatesh 1,061 ratings, 3. The first thing readers should know is that sudhir venkatesh is a sociologist. Floating city is venkateshs journey through the vast invisible continent of new yorks underground economy a thriving yet largely unseen world that exists in parallel to our own after his insiders study of chicago crack gangs electrified the academy, columbia university sociologist sudhir venkatesh spent a decade immersed in new yorks underbelly.
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We personally assess every book s quality and offer. Rogue sociologist embeds with prostitutes and crack dealers in nyc we chat with sudhir venkatesh, author of gang leader for a day, about his latest book. A rogue sociologist lost and found in new yorks underground economy follows venkateshs journeys through the vast invisible continent of new yorks underground economy, an unseen world linking and strengthening the enormous diversity of a new global city in the throes of becoming. Finanical times sudhir venkateshs latest book floating city. A few years ago, a university of chicago sociologist named sudhir venkatesh made waves by integrating himself into the chicago gang scene. Rogue sociologist embeds with prostitutes and crack dealers. Floating city and millions of other books are available for instant access. I first came across sudhir venkateshs name in freakonomics as, im sure, did many nonsociologists.
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A floating city, or sometimes translated the floating city, french. Floating city by sudhir venkatesh international house. But in floating city, venkatesh discovers that new yorks underground economy unites instead of divides inhabitants. A rogue sociologist takes to the streets by sudhir venkatesh. In floating city, your new book, you explore the illegal underground economies of new york city. A memoir of sociological investigation, floating city draws from venkateshs decade of research within the affluent communities of upper east side socialites and midtown businessmen, the drug gangs of harlem and the sex workers of brooklyn, the artists.
Floating city audiobook by sudhir venkatesh rakuten kobo. Floating city reveals a wholly unexpected view of new york city. Venkatesh shows how dealing in drugs and sex and undocumented labor bridges the conventional divides between rich and poor. Floating city by sudhir venkatesh international house global. Its hard, on finishing this fascinating, occasionally hairraising, sometimes very sad moving about other. He is a former professor of sociology and africanamerican studies at columbia university. A memoir of sociological investigation, floating city draws from venkateshs decade of research within the affluent communities of upper east side socialites and midtown businessmen, the drug gangs of harlem and the sex workers of brooklyn, the artists of tribeca and escort. He was a board member at philadelphiabased nonprofit publicprivate ventures until it disbanded on 31 july 2012. What a difference a title makes, or even a subtitle. Sudhir alladi venkatesh born 1966 is an american sociologist and urban ethnographer. Floating city, venkateshs memoir of his years trying to understand new yorks underground economy, is an urban picturesque. A rogue sociologist lost and found in new yorks underground economy by venkatesh, sudhir isbn.
The underground economy of the urban poor, and more on. Pdf gang leader for a day download read online free. Cities have always been magnets for strivers, dreamers, chancers. Buy floating city by sudhir venkatesh from waterstones today. The subtitle of sudhir venkateshs new book is an apt and revealing one. Hustlers, strivers, dealers, call girls and other lives in illicit new york by venkatesh, sudhir isbn. Floating city, by sudhir venkatesh a sociologist drifts around new yorks underground economy, going from drug dealer to porndvd clerk to hooker and madam. Floating city is a model of ethnographic thick description, and venkatesh is an accomplished researcher. A rogue sociologist lost and found in new yorks underground economy sudhir venkatesh november th, 20 sudhir venkatesh joins us at international house to discuss his latest book. Ransford professor of sociology and a member of the committee on global thought at columbia university. Sep 07, 20 this does provide the book with a rather neatly cinematic shape but venkatesh has this covered too, including a scene where a wouldbe film producer reads one of floating citys case studies and declares it ideal film material. Sudhir venkateshs floating city, and more the new york times.
A rogue sociologist lost and found in new yorks underground economy venkatesh, sudhir on. Its totally fascinating, and when i read of the publication of floating city i bought it without hesitation. Feb 06, 2008 first introduced in freakonomics, here is the full story of sudhir venkatesh, the sociology grad student who infiltrated one of chicagos most notorious gangs, studying a crackdealing gang from. Oct 03, 20 floating city, venkateshs memoir of his years trying to understand new yorks underground economy, is an urban picturesque. Jan 05, 2014 floating city a rogue sociologist lost and found in new yorks underground economy by sudhir venkatesh penguin press. The pronoun i is the first word of both gang leader for a day and his new book, floating city. A rogue sociologist lost and found in new yorks underground economya memoir of sociological investigation revealing the true face of americas most diverse cityis also published by penguin press. Floating city quotes by sudhir venkatesh goodreads. Blackman hits it right on in terms of the strengths and weaknesses of the book. Floating city is as much about its author, the titular rogue sociologist. Weve been so enamored with our global cities, and we tend to focus on wealth and sometimes will forget the fact that 99 percent of the population in these cities has a much different experience. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read floating city.
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