The Resource Women drug traffickers : mules, bosses, and organized crime, Elaine Carey
Women drug traffickers : mules, bosses, and organized crime, Elaine Carey
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- Summary
- In the flow of drugs to the United States from Latin America, women have always played key but rarely acknowledged roles as bosses, business partners, money launderers, confidantes, and couriers. Using international diplomatic documents, trial transcripts, medical and public welfare studies, correspondence between drug czars, and prison and hospital records as research the author brings to life women drug smugglers in the early twentieth century as well as the cartel queens who make news today
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 295 pages
- Contents
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- Selling is more of a habit : women and drug trafficking, 1900-1980
- Foreign vices : drugs, modernity, and gender
- Mules, smugglers, and peddlers : the illicit trade in Mexico, 1910s-1930s
- The white lady of Mexico City : lola la chata and the remaking of narcotics
- Transcending borders : la nacha and the "notorious" women of the north
- The women who made it snow : cold, dirty, drug wars, 1970s
- Gangsters, narcs, and women : a secret history
- Isbn
- 9780826351982
- Label
- Women drug traffickers : mules, bosses, and organized crime
- Title
- Women drug traffickers
- Title remainder
- mules, bosses, and organized crime
- Statement of responsibility
- Elaine Carey
- Subject
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- Drug dealers
- Drug dealers -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
- Drug dealers -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
- Drug traffic
- Drug traffic -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
- Drug traffic -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
- Female offenders
- Female offenders -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
- Female offenders -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
- History
- Mexico
- 1900 - 1999
- Drug abuse and crime
- Drug abuse and crime -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
- Drug abuse and crime -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the flow of drugs to the United States from Latin America, women have always played key but rarely acknowledged roles as bosses, business partners, money launderers, confidantes, and couriers. Using international diplomatic documents, trial transcripts, medical and public welfare studies, correspondence between drug czars, and prison and hospital records as research the author brings to life women drug smugglers in the early twentieth century as well as the cartel queens who make news today
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1967-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Carey, Elaine
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Diálogos series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Drug dealers
- Female offenders
- Drug traffic
- Drug abuse and crime
- Drug abuse and crime
- Drug dealers
- Drug traffic
- Female offenders
- Mexico
- Label
- Women drug traffickers : mules, bosses, and organized crime, Elaine Carey
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Selling is more of a habit : women and drug trafficking, 1900-1980 -- Foreign vices : drugs, modernity, and gender -- Mules, smugglers, and peddlers : the illicit trade in Mexico, 1910s-1930s -- The white lady of Mexico City : lola la chata and the remaking of narcotics -- Transcending borders : la nacha and the "notorious" women of the north -- The women who made it snow : cold, dirty, drug wars, 1970s -- Gangsters, narcs, and women : a secret history
- Control code
- 871820496
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 295 pages
- Isbn
- 9780826351982
- Lccn
- 2014002206
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)871820496
- Label
- Women drug traffickers : mules, bosses, and organized crime, Elaine Carey
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Selling is more of a habit : women and drug trafficking, 1900-1980 -- Foreign vices : drugs, modernity, and gender -- Mules, smugglers, and peddlers : the illicit trade in Mexico, 1910s-1930s -- The white lady of Mexico City : lola la chata and the remaking of narcotics -- Transcending borders : la nacha and the "notorious" women of the north -- The women who made it snow : cold, dirty, drug wars, 1970s -- Gangsters, narcs, and women : a secret history
- Control code
- 871820496
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 295 pages
- Isbn
- 9780826351982
- Lccn
- 2014002206
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)871820496
Subject
- Drug dealers
- Drug dealers -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
- Drug dealers -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
- Drug traffic
- Drug traffic -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
- Drug traffic -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
- Female offenders
- Female offenders -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
- Female offenders -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
- History
- Mexico
- 1900 - 1999
- Drug abuse and crime
- Drug abuse and crime -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
- Drug abuse and crime -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
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