In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences) by Philippe Bourgois (1995-11-24)
A landmark ethnography that follows crack dealers in East Harlem, revealing how poverty, racism, and economic exclusion shape life on the margins.
About This Book
Philippe Bourgois conducted years of fieldwork among crack dealers and their families in East Harlem.
The book examines how structural inequality shapes daily life and economic choices in marginalized communities.
It situates drug dealing within broader patterns of poverty, racism, and deindustrialization in late-twentieth-century America.
Bourgois combines personal narratives with social-science analysis to illuminate survival strategies in El Barrio.
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