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Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor
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Venkatesh takes us into Maquis Park, a poor black neighborhood on Chicago’s Southside, to explore the desperate and remarkable ways in which a community survives. The result is a dramatic narrative of individuals at work, a rich portrait of a community, and a devastating critique of the entrenched poverty that we so often ignore in America.
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- Venkatesh, S. A.
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- Harvard University Press eBooks
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- Harvard University Press
- Published
- 2006-12-31
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- W4213439343
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- en
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