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Dealing with Privilege

Cannabis, Cocaine, and the Economic Foundations of Suburban Drug Culture
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 2019

Summary

Dealing with Privilege: Cannabis, Cocaine, and the Economic Foundations of Suburban Drug Culture focuses on the careers of nine successfully retired drug dealers, offering a contrast to sociological, criminological, and other depictions of drug dealing as a realm of the desperate, dangerous, and poor. David Crawford tells the great untold story of drug dealing in America, where white, middle-class dealers are unlikely to suffer the enforcement of drug laws. Contrary to media portrayals, Crawford argues that suburban drug sales are not oriented around money making but friendship and fun. Using economic anthropology, classic sociology, and neuroscience to analyze the life trajectories of these dealers, Crawford touches on issues of crime, race, culture, aging, gender, privilege, illegal drugs, and the limits of conventional economics as a framework to understand economic behavior.

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Copyright year
2019
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-9816-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-9817-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
149
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Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Acknowledgments No access
    3. Introduction No access
  1. Chapter One: Cannabis and Coca, Chemistry and Culture No access Pages 1 - 12
  2. Chapter Two: Cities and Suburbs No access Pages 13 - 26
  3. Chapter Three: Dealing with Privilege No access Pages 27 - 44
  4. Chapter Four: Ambivalent Economics No access Pages 45 - 60
  5. Chapter Five: Gendered Ambivalence No access Pages 61 - 76
  6. Chapter Six: The Culture of Cultivation No access Pages 77 - 90
  7. Chapter Seven: Ambivalence Renounced No access Pages 91 - 104
  8. Chapter Eight: The Rise and Demise of Cocaine Culture No access Pages 105 - 116
  9. Conclusion No access Pages 117 - 132
  10. Bibliography No access Pages 133 - 140
  11. Index No access Pages 141 - 148
  12. About the Author No access Pages 149 - 149

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