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Smugglers, brothels, and twine : historical perspectives on contraband and vice in North America's borderlands / edited by Elaine Carey and Andrae M. Marak.
Van Pelt Library HV6252.N7 S68 2011
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transnational crime--North America--History.
- Transnational crime.
- Smuggling--North America--History.
- Smuggling.
- Prostitution--North America--History.
- Prostitution.
- Border security--North America--History.
- Border security.
- Borderlands--North America--History.
- Borderlands.
- History.
- North America.
- Physical Description:
- x, 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- Part I Establishing Borders
- 1 Chinese Immigrant Smuggling to the United States via Mexico and Cuba, 1882-1916 / Robert Chao Romero Romero, Robert Chao 13
- 2 Cree Contraband or Contraband Crees? Early Montanan Experiences with Transnational Natives and the Formation of Lasting Prejudice, 1880-1885 / Brenden Rensink Rensink, Brenden 24
- 3 Contraband Twine: Harvests, Smuggling, and Tariffs in the US-Canada Borderlands in the Early Twentieth Century / Sterling Evans Evans, Sterling 44
- 4 Twilight of the Tequileros: Prohibition-Era Smuggling in the South Texas Borderlands, 1919-1933 / George T. Díaz Díaz, George T. 59
- Part II Consolidating National Space
- 5 Detroit's Border Brothel: Sex Tourism in Windsor, Ontario 1945-1960 / Holly Karibo Karibo, Holly 83
- 6 Official Government Discourses about Vice and Deviance: The Early-Twentieth-Century Tohono O'odham / Andrae Marak Marak, Andrae, Laura Tuennerman Tuennerman, Laura 101
- 7 Crossing the Line: Transnational Drinking and the Biopolitics of Liquor Regulation in Ontario, 1927-1944 / Dan Malleck Malleck, Dan 122
- 8 Selling Is More of a Habit than Using: Narcotraficante Lola la Chata and Her Threat to Civilization, 1930-1960 / Elaine Carey Carey, Elaine 141
- 9 Preventing the Invasion: LSD Use in Canada during the Sixties / Marcel Martel Martel, Marcel 160.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780816528769
- 0816528764
- OCLC:
- 713192625
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