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UNINA9910460946803321 |
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Williams Terry M (Terry Moses), <1948-> |
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The con men : hustling in New York City / / Terry Williams and Trevor B. Milton |
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New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015 |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Crime - New York (State) - New York |
Criminals - New York (State) - New York |
Police - New York (State) - New York |
Electronic books. |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. Alibi: Portrait of a Con Man -- Two. City Cons and Hustles -- Three. The Con Crew -- Four. The Con Game as Street Theater -- Five. Petty Street Hustles -- Six. Canal Street as Venus Flytrap -- Seven. The Numbers Game -- Eight. New York Tenant Hustles -- Nine. A Drug Hustle: The Crack Game -- Ten. NYPD and the Finest Cons -- Eleven. Wall Street Cons -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
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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. Whether it's selling bootleg goods, playing the numbers, squatting rent-free, scamming tourists with bogus stories, selling knockoffs on Canal Street, or crafting Ponzi schemes, con artists use verbal persuasion, physical misdirection, and sheer charm to convince |
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others to do what they want. Williams and Milton examine this act of performance art and find meaning in its methods to exact bounty from unsuspecting tourists and ordinary New Yorkers alike. Through their sophisticated exploration of the personal experiences and influences that create a successful hustler, they build a portrait of unusual emotional and psychological depth. Their work also offers a new take on structure and opportunity, showing how the city's unique urban and social architecture lends itself to the perfect con. |
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UNINA9910785422503321 |
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Spary E. C (Emma C.) |
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Utopia's garden [[electronic resource] ] : French natural history from Old Regime to Revolution / / E.C. Spary |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2000 |
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1-283-05859-6 |
9786613058591 |
0-226-76870-8 |
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1 online resource (339 p.) |
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Natural history - France - History - 18th century |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-310). |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Place of Histoire naturelle at the Jardin du Roi -- Chapter Two. Acting at a Distance: André Thouin and the Function of Botanical Networks -- Chapter Three. Naturalizing the Tree of Liberty: Generation, Degeneration, and Regeneration in the Jardin du Roi -- Chapter Four. Patronage, Community, and Power: Strategies of Self-Presentation in New Regimes -- Chapter Five. The Spectacle of Nature: The Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle and the Jacobins -- Conclusion: Possible Futures -- Appendix. Holders of Scientific Posts at the Jardin du Roi/Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1750-1793 -- Bibliography -- Index |
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The royal Parisian botanical garden, the Jardin du Roi, was a jewel in the crown of the French Old Regime, praised by both rulers and scientific practitioners. Yet unlike many such institutions, the Jardin not only survived the French Revolution but by 1800 had become the world's leading public establishment of natural history: the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. E. C. Spary traces the scientific, administrative, and political strategies that enabled the foundation of the Muséum, arguing that agriculture and animal breeding rank alongside classification and collections in explaining why natural history was important for French rulers. But the Muséum's success was also a consequence of its employees' Revolutionary rhetoric: by displaying the natural order, they suggested, the institution could assist in fashioning a self-educating, self-policing Republican people. Natural history was presented as an indispensable source of national prosperity and individual virtue. Spary's fascinating account opens a new chapter in the history of France, science, and the Enlightenment. |
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UNINA9910131299803321 |
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Autore |
Rzepecki Nathalie |
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Droit de la consommation et théorie générale du contrat |
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Presses universitaires d’Aix-Marseille, 2002 |
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[Place of publication not identified], : Presses universitaires d'Aix Marseille, 2002 |
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1 online resource (635 pages) |
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Law - Non-U.S |
Law, Politics & Government |
Law - Europe, except U.K |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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