by Terry Williams, Trevor B. Milton, Trevor Milton
This ethnography of NYC's scammers presents "a revealing portrait of a critical but little known element of city life...timely, incisive, and poignant" (Elijah Anderson, author of Code of the Street). 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. Sociologists Terry Williams and Trevor B. Milton spent years with New York con artists to uncover their secrets. The result is an unprec
ISBN: 9780231540490
289 pages
Published: 2015-11-10
Publisher: Columbia University Press