--- product_id: 9869772 title: "Sidewalk" price: "QAR 95" currency: QAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://qatar.desertcart.com/products/9869772-sidewalk store_origin: QA region: Qatar --- # Sidewalk **Price:** QAR 95 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Sidewalk - **How much does it cost?** QAR 95 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [qatar.desertcart.com](https://qatar.desertcart.com/products/9869772-sidewalk) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description An exceptional ethnography marked by clarity and candor, Sidewalk takes us into the socio-cultural environment of those who, though often seen as threatening or unseemly, work day after day on "the blocks" of one of New York's most diverse neighborhoods. Sociologist Duneier, author of Slim's Table , offers an accessible and compelling group portrait of several poor black men who make their livelihoods on the sidewalks of Greenwich Village selling secondhand goods, panhandling, and scavenging books and magazines. Duneier spent five years with these individuals, and in Sidewalk he argues that, contrary to the opinion of various city officials, they actually contribute significantly to the order and well-being of the Village. An important study of the heart and mind of the street, Sidewalk also features an insightful afterword by longtime book vendor Hakim Hasan. This fascinating study reveals today's urban life in all its complexity: its vitality, its conflicts about class and race, and its surprising opportunities for empathy among strangers. Sidewalk is an excellent supplementary text for a range of courses: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY : Shows how to make important links between micro and macro; how a research project works; how sociology can transform common sense. RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS: Untangles race, class, and gender as they work together on the street. URBAN STUDIES : Asks how public space is used and contested by men and women, blacks and whites, rich and poor, and how street life and political economy interact. DEVIANCE: Looks at labeling processes in treatment of the homeless; interrogates the "broken windows" theory of policing. LAW AND SOCIETY: Closely examines the connections between formal and informal systems of social control. METHODS: Shows how ethnography works; includes a detailed methodological appendix and an afterword by research subject Hakim Hasan. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY : Sidewalk engages the rich terrain of recent developments regarding representation, writing, and authority; in the tradition of Elliot Liebow and Ulf Hannerz, it deals with age old problems of the social and cultural experience of inequality; this is a telling study of culture on the margins of American society. CULTURAL STUDIES: Breaking down disciplinary boundaries, Sidewalk shows how books and magazines are received and interpreted in discussions among working-class people on the sidewalk; it shows how cultural knowledge is deployed by vendors and scavengers to generate subsistence in public space. SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE: Sidewalk demonstrates the connections between culture and human agency and innovation; it interrogates distinctions between legitimate subcultures and deviant collectivities; it illustrates conflicts over cultural diversity in public space; and, ultimately, it shows how conflicts over meaning are central to social life. Review: Very insightful read! - I had to read this book as part of a sociology course. I'm glad I read it. It gives magnificent insight to the urban unhoused community. They aren't simply dirty, scummy people who are an eyesore. Most of them are trying to work in their own way, their subculture is quite organized, and they respect those who have the privilege of going to a home every evening. I am a better person for having read this book, and I can better interact with others because of this book. You won't be sorry you read this book! Review: Pretty interesting and a good read - Sidewalk takes you on an interesting adventure to a darker part of New York. Maybe not so dark if you visit, but the homeless there have another story to tell. Mitchell Duneier takes a trip to New York's Greenwich Village and dives into the lives of those less fortunate. Many of these men browsing the streets for items to sell at their tables gave up or even made the choice to be homeless. Check this book out and see for yourself what kind of society lives and breathes on the streets of this little part of town. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #597,141 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #477 in Sociology of Urban Areas #1,694 in African American Demographic Studies (Books) #15,281 in Politics & Government (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 201 Reviews | ## Images ![Sidewalk - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71qc+PoyC1L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very insightful read! *by J***T on May 16, 2026* I had to read this book as part of a sociology course. I'm glad I read it. It gives magnificent insight to the urban unhoused community. They aren't simply dirty, scummy people who are an eyesore. Most of them are trying to work in their own way, their subculture is quite organized, and they respect those who have the privilege of going to a home every evening. I am a better person for having read this book, and I can better interact with others because of this book. You won't be sorry you read this book! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pretty interesting and a good read *by L***G on February 9, 2013* Sidewalk takes you on an interesting adventure to a darker part of New York. Maybe not so dark if you visit, but the homeless there have another story to tell. Mitchell Duneier takes a trip to New York's Greenwich Village and dives into the lives of those less fortunate. Many of these men browsing the streets for items to sell at their tables gave up or even made the choice to be homeless. Check this book out and see for yourself what kind of society lives and breathes on the streets of this little part of town. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting Read *by K***. on March 23, 2016* This was a very interesting book. I purchased it for a Community Studies class at my college. Honestly I was not expecting anything interesting and was prepared to bear my way though it for the sake of the class and my grade. I was very pleasantly surprised about how interesting this book actually is. It is written in a way that is very conversational, almost story teller like, yet it is still packed with interesting information. This book shows aspects and connections within society that most people will never see or understand. It is a window into a society within our society. You become attached to people this book writes about, you want to read more so you can find out what choice they made, and why. Duneier is an outsider submerging himself into a society unlike anything he has known for the sake of information and exploration and there is something fascinating about how he perceives the people he encounters and their lifestyles. I feel like I learned a lot from this book and have really changed my perspective on things I would have never before considered. I am really glad my teacher chose this book out of all the books that could have worked because I really leaned some valuable things through reading it. It was both captivating and informative. The book came very quickly, within a few days of purchase so that was great. Also this book was very reasonably priced for how good of a read it was. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://qatar.desertcart.com/products/9869772-sidewalk](https://qatar.desertcart.com/products/9869772-sidewalk) --- *Product available on Desertcart Qatar* *Store origin: QA* *Last updated: 2026-09-11*