Con men hustling in New York City

Selling bootleg goods, playing the numbers, squatting rent-free, scamming tourists with bogus stories, selling knockoffs on Canal Street, and crafting Ponzi schemes#x97;this vivid account of hustling in New York City explores the sociological reasons why con artists play the game, and the psychologi...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Terry M. 1948-
Other Authors: Milton, Trevor, 1976-
Language:English
Series:Studies in transgression.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to e-book
Summary:Selling bootleg goods, playing the numbers, squatting rent-free, scamming tourists with bogus stories, selling knockoffs on Canal Street, and crafting Ponzi schemes#x97;this vivid account of hustling in New York City explores the sociological reasons why con artists play the game, and the psychological dynamics they exploit 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 pre.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
ISBN:0231540493
9780231540490
LEADER 03186cam a2200577Ia 4500
001 mig00001604817
006 m o d
007 cr |||||||||||
008 150928s2015 nyu ob 001 0 eng d
005 20220113211518.2
019 |a 923334707  |a 935493455 
020 |a 0231540493  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 9780231540490  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |z 0231170823 
020 |z 9780231170826 
035 |a (JSTOR)ocn922451476 
035 |a 768645 
035 0 0 |a 768645 
035 |a mig00001604817 
037 |a 22573/ctt14d30x2  |b JSTOR 
037 |a 2956BDAE-7CBE-4E00-9A41-C1635A89D4FF  |b OverDrive, Inc.  |n http://www.overdrive.com 
040 |a YDXCP  |b eng  |e pn  |c YDXCP  |d JSTOR  |d TEFOD  |d OCLCF  |d IDEBK  |d N$T  |d RECBK  |d EBLCP  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d CCO  |d MERUC  |d IDB  |d AGLDB  |d LOA  |d DEBBG  |d ICA  |d K6U 
043 |a n-us-ny 
049 |a VZSA 
050 4 |a HV6795.N5  |b W55 2015eb 
082 0 4 |a 364.16/3097471  |2 23 
100 1 |a Williams, Terry M.  |q (Terry Moses),  |d 1948- 
245 1 0 |a Con men  |h [electronic resource] :  |b hustling in New York City /  |c Terry Williams and Trevor B. Milton. 
264 1 |a New York :  |b Columbia University Press,  |c [2015] 
300 |a 1 online resource. 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
490 1 |a Studies in transgression 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
520 |a Selling bootleg goods, playing the numbers, squatting rent-free, scamming tourists with bogus stories, selling knockoffs on Canal Street, and crafting Ponzi schemes#x97;this vivid account of hustling in New York City explores the sociological reasons why con artists play the game, and the psychological dynamics they exploit 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 pre. 
592 |a Purchased e-book ConnectNY JSTOR 
596 |a JSTOR Ebook collection 
597 |a Individual chapters in PDF format. 
650 0 |a Crime  |z New York (State)  |z New York. 
650 0 |a Criminals  |z New York (State)  |z New York. 
650 0 |a Police  |z New York (State)  |z New York. 
700 1 |a Milton, Trevor,  |d 1976- 
776 0 8 |i Erscheint auch als:  |n Druck-Ausgabe  |a Williams, Terry M. (Terry Moses), 1948-. Con men .  |t hustling in New York City 
830 0 |a Studies in transgression. 
856 4 0 |u https://lib-proxy01.skidmore.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/will17082  |z Link to e-book  |t 0 
949 |a JSTOR e-book 
994 |a 92  |b CONNY 
999 f f |s b9cbc083-d5cf-485b-9a1a-155053568bbc  |i c3af07f8-8a07-4f9e-a269-dff956282462  |t 0 
952 f f |t 1  |e HV6795.N5 W55 2015eb  |h Library of Congress classification