Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor

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In this revelatory book, Sudhir Venkatesh takes readers into Maquis Park, a poor black neighborhood on Chicago's Southside, to explore the desperate, dangerous, and remarkable ways in which a community survives.

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EAN/ISBN:: 9780674030718
Medium:: Paperback
Number of pages:: 426
Publication date:: 2008-10-17
Publisher:: Harvard Univ Pr
Languages:: english

EAN/ISBN:: 9780674030718
Medium:: Paperback
Number of pages:: 426
Publication date:: 2008-10-17
Publisher:: Harvard Univ Pr
Languages:: english

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