Industry Reviews "Bourgois's honest first person narrative overshadows any technical problems he faces as an anthropologist....Bourgois leaves no part of the territory unexplored." San Francisco Review of Books - Alex Frankel (03/19/1996)
"Vigorous and often harrowing, this book is an eye-opener." Birkerts
"'In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in the Barrio' offers one of the most closely observed accounts we are likely to get of the urban crack scene....it provides a fascinating account of the obstacles crack sellers face as they seek to earn a living." unknown