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The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor

Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh

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$31.00 • £26.95 • €28.95

ISBN 9780674030718

Publication Date: 02/01/2009

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448 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

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Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh is William B. Ransford Professor of Sociology at Columbia University.

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2007 Best Book Award on Public Policy and Race & Ethnic Politics in the United States, Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association

2007 C. Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems

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