{"product_id":"floating-city-by-sudhir-venkatesh","title":"Floating City by Sudhir Venkatesh","description":"\u003ch2 data-start=\"287\" data-end=\"310\"\u003e🌆 \u003cem data-start=\"293\" data-end=\"308\"\u003eFloating City\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"311\" data-end=\"387\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"315\" data-end=\"385\"\u003eA Rogue Sociologist Lost and Found in New York’s Underground Economy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"388\" data-end=\"414\"\u003e✍️ \u003cstrong data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"414\"\u003eBy Sudhir Venkatesh\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"416\" data-end=\"419\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"421\" data-end=\"673\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"421\" data-end=\"673\"\u003e💥 New York is a city of glittering towers and grimy alleyways, power brokers and panhandlers, millionaires and migrants. But beneath the visible skyline lies a city within the city — one that doesn’t appear on maps. Welcome to the \u003cem data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"670\"\u003eFloating City\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"675\" data-end=\"1038\"\u003eIn this daring sociological memoir, acclaimed Columbia University professor and author of \u003cem data-start=\"765\" data-end=\"788\"\u003eGang Leader for a Day\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"790\" data-end=\"810\"\u003eSudhir Venkatesh\u003c\/strong\u003e returns with a gripping investigation into \u003cstrong data-start=\"854\" data-end=\"888\"\u003eNew York’s underground economy\u003c\/strong\u003e — a secretive world of \u003cstrong data-start=\"912\" data-end=\"935\"\u003eoff-the-books deals\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"937\" data-end=\"959\"\u003eunspoken alliances\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"965\" data-end=\"988\"\u003ecomplex connections\u003c\/strong\u003e that blur the line between legality and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1040\" data-end=\"1043\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1045\" data-end=\"1070\"\u003e🔍 \u003cstrong data-start=\"1052\" data-end=\"1070\"\u003eWhat’s Inside:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1071\" data-end=\"1296\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1071\" data-end=\"1119\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1073\" data-end=\"1119\"\u003e💼 \u003cem data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1117\"\u003eRich socialites \u0026amp; Midtown executives...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1120\" data-end=\"1162\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1122\" data-end=\"1162\"\u003e💊 \u003cem data-start=\"1125\" data-end=\"1160\"\u003eDrug dealers \u0026amp; Harlem kingpins...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1163\" data-end=\"1225\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1165\" data-end=\"1225\"\u003e💄 \u003cem data-start=\"1168\" data-end=\"1223\"\u003eEscorts \u0026amp; sex workers in Brooklyn \u0026amp; Hell’s Kitchen...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1226\" data-end=\"1296\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1228\" data-end=\"1296\"\u003e🎨 \u003cem data-start=\"1231\" data-end=\"1296\"\u003eArtists in Tribeca \u0026amp; undocumented laborers behind the scenes...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1298\" data-end=\"1550\"\u003eVenkatesh follows over a dozen New Yorkers navigating a shadowy economy where race, class, and legality are fluid — and ambition is everything. 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