{"product_id":"gang-leader-for-a-day-by-sudhir-venkatesh","title":"Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh","description":"\u003ch2 data-start=\"188\" data-end=\"261\"\u003e💥 \u003cem data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"259\"\u003eGang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"262\" data-end=\"354\"\u003eBy \u003cstrong data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"289\"\u003eSudhir Venkatesh\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem data-start=\"292\" data-end=\"354\"\u003eAn unforgettable true story of sociology from the inside out\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"356\" data-end=\"359\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"361\" data-end=\"557\"\u003e🎓 What happens when a curious Ivy League sociology student walks into one of Chicago’s most notorious housing projects — holding a clipboard and asking, \u003cem data-start=\"515\" data-end=\"557\"\u003e“How does it feel to be Black and poor?”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"831\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"579\"\u003eSudhir Venkatesh\u003c\/strong\u003e wasn’t expecting the answer to come from the local gang leader himself. 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