LEADER 03756nam 2200685 450 001 9910460946803321 005 20210430003620.0 010 $a0-231-54049-3 024 7 $a10.7312/will17082 035 $a(CKB)3710000000485552 035 $a(EBL)4414133 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001554927 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16181720 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001554927 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14818317 035 $a(PQKB)10376541 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4582094 035 $a(DE-B1597)458550 035 $a(OCoLC)922451476 035 $a(OCoLC)940679976 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231540490 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4582094 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11242203 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL838508 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000485552 100 $a20160823h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe con men $ehustling in New York City /$fTerry Williams and Trevor B. Milton 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in Transgression 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-17082-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tOne. Alibi: Portrait of a Con Man --$tTwo. City Cons and Hustles --$tThree. The Con Crew --$tFour. The Con Game as Street Theater --$tFive. Petty Street Hustles --$tSix. Canal Street as Venus Flytrap --$tSeven. The Numbers Game --$tEight. New York Tenant Hustles --$tNine. A Drug Hustle: The Crack Game --$tTen. NYPD and the Finest Cons --$tEleven. Wall Street Cons --$tEpilogue --$tNotes --$tGlossary --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThis vivid account of hustling in New York City explores the sociological reasons why con artists play their game and the psychological tricks they use to win it. Terry Williams and Trevor B. Milton, two prominent sociologists and ethnographers, spent years with New York con artists to uncover their secrets. The result is an unprecedented view into how con games operate, whether in back alleys and side streets or in police precincts and Wall Street boiler rooms. Whether it's selling bootleg goods, playing the numbers, squatting rent-free, scamming tourists with bogus stories, selling knockoffs on Canal Street, or crafting Ponzi schemes, con artists use verbal persuasion, physical misdirection, and sheer charm to convince others to do what they want. Williams and Milton examine this act of performance art and find meaning in its methods to exact bounty from unsuspecting tourists and ordinary New Yorkers alike. Through their sophisticated exploration of the personal experiences and influences that create a successful hustler, they build a portrait of unusual emotional and psychological depth. Their work also offers a new take on structure and opportunity, showing how the city's unique urban and social architecture lends itself to the perfect con. 410 0$aStudies in transgression. 606 $aCrime$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aCriminals$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aPolice$zNew York (State)$zNew York 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCrime 615 0$aCriminals 615 0$aPolice 676 $a364.16/3097471 686 $aZH 9400$2rvk 700 $aWilliams$b Terry M$g(Terry Moses),$f1948-$0852861 702 $aMilton$b Trevor$f1976- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460946803321 996 $aThe con men$91904529 997 $aUNINA