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Con men : hustling in New York City /

"This vivid account of hustling in New York City explores the sociological reasons why con artists play their game and the psychological tricks they use to win it. Terry Williams and Trevor B. Milton, two prominent sociologists and ethnographers, spent years with New York con artists to uncover...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Williams, Terry M. (Terry Moses), 1948- (Autor), Milton, Trevor, 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Colección:Studies in transgression.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Alibi : portrait of a con man
  • City cons and hustles
  • The con crew
  • The con game as street theater
  • Petty street hustles
  • Canal street as venus flytrap
  • The numbers game
  • New York tenant hustles
  • A drug hustle : the crack game
  • NYPD and the finest cons
  • Wall Street cons.