Trying to make it : the enterprises, gangs, and people of the American drug trade / R. V. Gundur.

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"Trying to Make It is a study of the people, gangs, and illicit enterprises that form the illicit drug trade in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua; Phoenix, Arizona; and Chicago, Illinois."--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gundur, Rajeev (Author)
Language:English
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Drug traffic > Social aspects > United States.
Drug traffic > Social aspects > Mexico.
Drug dealers > United States.
Drug dealers > Mexico.
Drug control > Social aspects > United States.
Drug control > Social aspects > Mexico.
Drogues > Trafic > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Drogues > Trafic > Aspect social > Mexique.
Trafiquants de drogues > États-Unis.
Trafiquants de drogues > Mexique.
Lutte antidrogue > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Lutte antidrogue > Aspect social > Mexique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Drug control > Social aspects.
Drug dealers.
Drug traffic > Social aspects.
Mexico.
United States.
Physical Description:xiii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Home
  • The southern border
  • Immigration court
  • The Santa Fe Street bridge
  • Business as usual
  • Father and son
  • La Carrucha
  • Violence
  • The street
  • The oasis
  • The gangs of the valley
  • Adelita and Calista
  • A fear of corners
  • Connections
  • The city by the lake
  • Gangland
  • The twins
  • Logistics
  • Conclusion: the business of the American drug trade
  • Epilogue: trainspotting.