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Author:

Carey, Elaine, 1967- author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of New Mexico Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xiii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Drug dealers--Mexico--History--20th century.
Female offenders--Mexico--History--20th century.
Drug traffic--Mexico--History--20th century.
Drug abuse and crime--Mexico--History--20th century.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

Series:

Di©Łlogos series.

ISBN:

0826351980
9780826351982

OCLC:

(OCoLC)871820496

LCCN:

2014002206

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)