Umfang:
Online-Ressource (vi, 310 p)
Ausgabe:
1st ed
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780292721791
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9780292721265
Serie:
The William and Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE. Smuggling in the Drug War Zone -- Introduction: Drug Trafficking -- Studies and Sources Relevant to the Mexican-American Drug War Zone -- La Nacha: The Heroin Queen of Juárez -- The Roots of Contraband Smuggling in El Paso -- Female Drug Lord -- Community-Based Drug Use, Smuggling, and Dealing in the 1970s and 1980s -- Selling Drugs in Downtown Juárez: Juan and Jorge -- A Young Smuggler and His Family -- Blaxicans: The Life of a Chicano Smuggler and Musician on the Borderline of African American and Mexican American Culture -- Drug Addiction and Drug Trafficking in the Life of an Anarchist -- Drug Smuggling through Tunnels: The Tale of a Scuba-Diving Instructor -- Witness to a Juárez Drug Killing -- Photo Insert -- PART TWO. Law Enforcement in the Drug War Zone -- Introduction: Ethnographic Dimensions of Law Enforcement in the Drug War Zone -- Undercover Agent on the Border: Cultural Disguises -- The Death of Francisco -- A Juárez Policeman Fighting Drug Traffickers -- Journalism and Drug Trafficking: Covering the Narco Beat on the Border -- Patrolling the Drug War Zone: A Border Patrol Agent in the War on Drugs -- Intelligence and the Drug War: Commander of an Antidrug Task Force on the Border -- Excerpt from Weed: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler, by Jerry Kamstra -- Agent against Prohibition -- Epilogue and Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""PART ONE. Smuggling in the Drug War Zone""; ""Introduction: Drug TraffickingStudies and Sources Relevant to the Mexican-American Drug War Zone""; ""La Nacha: The Heroin Queen of Juárez""; ""The Roots of Contraband Smuggling in El Paso""; ""Female Drug Lord""; ""Community-Based Drug Use, Smuggling, and Dealing in the 1970s and 1980s""; ""Selling Drugs in Downtown Juárez: Juan and Jorge""; ""A Young Smuggler and His Family""; ""Blaxicans: The Life of a Chicano Smuggler and Musician on the Borderline of African American and Mexican American Culture""
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""Drug Addiction and Drug Trafficking in the Life of an Anarchist""""Drug Smuggling through Tunnels: The Tale of a Scuba-Diving Instructor""; ""Witness to a Juárez Drug Killing""; ""Photo Insert""; ""PART TWO. Law Enforcement in the Drug War Zone""; ""Introduction: Ethnographic Dimensions of Law Enforcement in the Drug War Zone""; ""Undercover Agent on the Border: Cultural Disguises""; ""The Death of Francisco""; ""A Juárez Policeman Fighting Drug Traffickers""; ""Journalism and Drug Trafficking: Covering the Narco Beat on the Border""
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""Patrolling the Drug War Zone: A Border Patrol Agent in the War on Drugs""""Intelligence and the Drug War: Commander of an Antidrug Task Force on the Border""; ""Excerpt from Weed: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler, by Jerry Kamstra""; ""Agent against Prohibition""; ""Epilogue and Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780292721265
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Drug War Zone : Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of el Paso and Juárez
Sprache:
Englisch
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