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Abbie,
128

Amy,
218
–20

Analise,
6
–26,
49
,
133
–35,
158
–60,
165
,
173
–74,
176
,
177
,
215
–35,
242
,
253
–58,
265
,
266
–71

Amy and,
218
–20

apartment of,
215
–16

art gallery and,
230
–34,
237
–41,
267

attack on,
226
–29,
232

Betsy and,
133
–34

Brittany and,
11
–13,
17
–18,
20
,
21
,
220
–22,
226
,
234
,
237
–41,
254
–57

drug use and,
10
–13,
20

J.B. and,
13
–18,
21
,
22
,
159
–61,
215
–16,
226
–29,
256

Jo Jo and,
221
–25,
256

Kate and,
230
–34,
237
–38,
267

Kimberly and,
219
,
221
–25

as madam,
17
–23,
25
,
26
,
135
,
158
–59,
215
–29,
232
–33,
237
,
242
–43,
254
,
255
,
267

Shine and,
7
–13,
101
,
215
,
241
,
256
,
272

S.V.'s meeting of,
48
–49

Angela,
56
–60,
62
,
71
,
72
,
78
–79,
83
–88,
94
,
98
,
103
–4,
110
–25,
135
–39,
141
,
143
–46,
154
,
158
,
162
,
163
,
172
,
173
,
175
,
182
–83,
202
,
221
,
223
,
224
,
230
,
234
,
242
,
257
–60,
262
,
263
,
265
,
266
,
271
,
272

apartment of,
112
–16,
118
–24,
135
–37,
162
,
165
,
231

departure for Dominican Republic,
251
,
264

Internet ad of,
111
–12

Azad,
75
–77,
91

Bearman, Peter,
28
,
130
,
167
–68

black market,
76
,
137
,
176
,
177
,
233
,
242
,
243

wealthy young philanthropists and,
104

blacks, tangle of pathology and,
144

Bodega de la Familia, La,
103
–4

Bourdieu, Pierre,
165

BRIC nations,
177

bricolage,
5

Brittany,
11
–13,
17
–18,
20
,
21
,
159
,
160
,
220
–222,
226
,
234
,
237
–41,
254
–57

brokers,
173
–74

Capone, Al,
142

Carla Consuelo,
113
–26,
135
–38,
143
–46,
162
–63,
173
,
177
,
200
,
221
,
224
,
234
,
251
–54,
257
,
260
,
262
,
265
,
266
,
271

attacks on,
116
–21,
123
,
124
,
189
–90,
196
–98,
236
,
253
,
258
–60

as escort,
125
–26,
236
,
251

Margot Kerry and,
163
–66,
189
–90,
196
–98,
199
,
200
,
251
–53,
258
–60

Carlos,
67
–68

Carter, Mindy,
7

Castells, Manuel,
176

Cathy,
183
–89,
190
,
204

Chelsea,
3
,
56
,
63

Chicago,
8
,
85
,
271

gangs in,
49
,
54
,
62
,
63
,
71
,
86
,
103
,
171

gentrification in,
56

neighborhoods in,
5
,
31

New York contrasted with,
8
,
24
,
31
,
32
,
33
,
42
,
56
,
62
,
201
,
269
–71

S.V.'s documentary on housing projects in,
10
,
166
–67,
179
,
180

S.V.'s work in,
23
–24,
30
,
86
,
104
,
130
,
132
–33,
144
,
166
,
178
,
250

underground economy in,
5
,
40

young philanthropists and,
109

Chicago, University of,
5
,
27
–29,
31

Cicourel, Aaron,
175
,
178

Cincy,
112
–16,
118
,
121
–24

Clark, Michael,
30
,
32
,
33

class divisions,
145
,
176

low income,
175
,
176

middle and upper class,
176

moving across,
165
,
176
–78,
201
,
202
,
238
,
242

new,
177
–78

cocaine:

crack,
1
,
99
–100,
143

powdered,
100
,
139

Shine's business in,
1
,
9
–11,
127
,
129
–32,
138
–43,
207
–14,
241
,
243
,
273

Cohan,
101

Collins, Michael,
42
–43,
82
,
89
,
95
–96,
146
–47,
197

Columbia University,
27
–28,
40
,
47

ethical research methods and,
179
–80

S.V. at,
130
,
166
,
185
,
269

S.V.'s arrival at,
27
,
29
–30,
261

Conover, Mortimer,
50
–54,
60
,
61
,
73
,
84
,
150
,
263

stroke suffered by,
51
–52

crack cocaine,
1
,
99
–100,
143

crime, observing,
103

cultural capital,
165
,
167
,
209
–10,
249
,
253

cultural repertoire,
213

Darlene,
183
,
185
,
190
–91,
215

Declining Significance of Race, The
(Wilson),
29

developing world,
177

dot-com bubble,
98
,
236

drugs, drug dealing,
7
–8,
52
,
76
,
129
,
138
,
177
,
242

Analise and,
10
–13,
20

cocaine:

crack,
1
,
99
–100,
143

powdered,
100
,
139

Shine's business in,
1
,
9
–11,
127
,
129
–32,
138
–43,
207
–14,
241
,
243
,
273

Manjun and,
89
,
91
,
96

Shine and,
1
,
4
,
9
–11,
58

in suburbs,
144

East Village,
132

economy, mainstream, in New York,
39

economy, underground,
40
,
86
,
92

brokers in,
173
–74

in Chicago,
5
,
40

connecting to overworld,
178

connectivity in,
172
–73

floating communities and,
53
–54

legal system and,
171

role of, in lives of middle class and wealthy,
182

social relations in,
52
–54

speculation about,
39

trust and confidentiality in,
138

economy, underground, in New York,
1
–2,
24
,
41
–42,
61
–62,
86
–87,
98
,
177
,
242

apartment renting and,
84

bank accounts and,
83
,
84
,
87

black market,
76
,
137
,
176
,
177
,
233
,
242
,
243

wealthy young philanthropists and,
104

day laborers in,
72
–73

drugs,
see
drugs, drug dealing

as floating community,
53
–54,
58

in Harlem,
36
–37,
39
–40,
175

health care and,
83
,
84

sex work,
see
sex industry

Social Security and,
77

spread into surrounding world,
71

violence in,
89
,
196
–97

entropy,
242

escort services,
43
–44,
84
,
121
,
182
–83,
202
,
225
,
242

Analise and,
17
–23,
25
,
26
,
135
,
158
–59,
215
–29,
232
–33,
237
,
242
–43,
254
,
255
,
267

Carla and,
125
–26,
236
,
251

Fiona and,
245
–47

Morgan and,
245
–48

quitting in,
240

see also
prostitution, prostitutes

ethnography,
1
,
39

Evalina,
2
–3,
9
,
11
–12,
101
,
141
,
158
,
256

Shine and,
10
,
12
,
214

Fiona,
245
–47

floating communities,
53
–54,
58
,
137

see also
underground economy

Foner, Nancy,
94

food stamps,
108

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores
the Hidden Side of Everything
(Levitt and Dubner),
39
,
98

Friedman, Milton,
209

Gang Leader for a Day
(Venkatesh),
1
,
29
,
40

gangs,
99

in Chicago,
49
,
54
,
62
,
63
,
71
,
86
,
103
,
171

gang leaders' self-image and,
142

Gans, Herbert,
27
–28,
167
,
203

Geertz, Clifford,
25

generalizability problem,
40

gentrification,
4
,
38
,
55
–56,
177

Giuliani, Rudy,
4
,
63
,
68
,
76
,
78
,
83

global cities, globalization,
37
–39,
61
,
93
–95,
172
,
177
,
241
,
252
,
271
,
272

floating and,
137
;
see also
floating communities

informational cities and,
176

New York as,
5
,
37
–40,
93
–94,
137
,
172
,
201
,
215
,
269
–70

sociological study of,
38

Greenpoint,
114

Harlem,
31
,
35
–37,
59
–60,
74
,
99
,
102
,
105
,
209
–10

underground economy in,
36
–37,
39
–40,
175

Harvard University,
48
,
165