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Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor
Off the Books The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor
Author: Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh
In this revelatory book, Sudhir Venkatesh takes us into Maquis Park, a poor black neighborhood on Chicago's Southside, to explore the desperate, dangerous, and remarkable ways in which a community survives. We find there an entire world of unregulated, unreported, and untaxed work, a system of living off the books that is daily life ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674023550
ISBN-10: 0674023552
Publication Date: 10/16/2006
Pages: 448
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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