The Resource The con men : hustling in New York City, Terry Williams and Trevor B. Milton
The con men : hustling in New York City, Terry Williams and Trevor B. Milton
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- Summary
- 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 their secrets. The result is an unprecedented view into how con games operate, whether in back alleys and side streets or in police precincts and Wall Street boiler rooms
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 276 pages
- Contents
-
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780231170826
- Label
- The con men : hustling in New York City
- Title
- The con men
- Title remainder
- hustling in New York City
- Statement of responsibility
- Terry Williams and Trevor B. Milton
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 their secrets. The result is an unprecedented view into how con games operate, whether in back alleys and side streets or in police precincts and Wall Street boiler rooms
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10457129
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Williams, Terry M.
- Dewey number
- 364.16/3097471
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1976-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Milton, Trevor
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Studies in transgression
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Crime
- Criminals
- Police
- Crime
- Criminals
- Police
- New York (State)
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- hustling in New York City
- Label
- The con men : hustling in New York City, Terry Williams and Trevor B. Milton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 1497444
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 276 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231170826
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2015009581
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780231170826
- (OCoLC)909111933
- Label
- The con men : hustling in New York City, Terry Williams and Trevor B. Milton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 1497444
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 276 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231170826
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2015009581
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780231170826
- (OCoLC)909111933
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