Women Drug Traffickers : Mules, Bosses, and Organized Crime.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (311 pages)
- Diálogos Series .
- Diálogos Series .
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, 1910s-1930s -- 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, 1970s -- Conclusion: Gangsters, Narcs, and Women: A Secret History -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.
"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.
9780826351999
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.