Women drug traffickers : mules, bosses, and organized crime / Elaine Carey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carey, Elaine, 1967- author.

Series:

Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)

Diálogos Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug dealers--Mexico--History--20th century.

Drug dealers.

Female offenders--Mexico--History--20th century.

Female offenders.

Drug traffic--Mexico--History--20th century.

Drug traffic.

Drug abuse and crime--Mexico--History--20th century.

Drug abuse and crime.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque, [New Mexico] : University of New Mexico Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The first full-length study of female drug traffickers. The lives of these women are fascinating and skillfully analyzed by the author. The book will be pleasurable reading to general readers and specialists alike."-Howard Campbell, author of Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez....

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Selling Is More of a Habit: Women and Drug Trafficking, 1900-1980; 1: Foreign Vices: Drugs, Modernity, and Gender; 2: Mules, Smugglers, and Peddlers: The Illicit Trade in Mexico, 1910's-1930's; 3: The White Lady of Mexico City: Lola la Chata and the Remaking of Narcotics; 4: Transcending Borders: La Nacha and the "Notorious" Women of the North; 5: The Women Who Made It Snow: Cold, Dirty Drug Wars, 1970's; Conclusion: Gangsters, Narcs, and Women: A Secret History; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780826351999

0826351999

OCLC:

893708367