Histories of Drug Trafficking in Twentieth-Century Mexico
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Histories of Drug Trafficking in Twentieth-Century Mexico

  1. 360 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Available until 31 Dec |Learn more

Histories of Drug Trafficking in Twentieth-Century Mexico

About this book

This work brings together a new generation of drug historians and new historical sources to uncover the history of the drug trade and its regulations. While the US and Mexican governments developed anti-drug discourses and policies, which criminalized both high-profile traffickers and small-time addicts, these authorities also employed the criminals and cash connected to the drug trade to pursue more pressing political concerns. The politics, socioeconomic relations, and criminal justice system of modern Mexico have been shaped by these public and covert policies as well as by subnational histories of drug production and trafficking. The essays in this study explore this complicated narrative and provide insight into Mexico's history and the wider contemporary global drug trade.

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Yes, you can access Histories of Drug Trafficking in Twentieth-Century Mexico by Wil G. Pansters, Benjamin T. Smith, Wil G. Pansters,Benjamin T. Smith in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Mexican History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9780826363589
eBook ISBN
9780826363596
Topic
History
Subtopic
Mexican History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Chapter 1. Writing Twentieth-Century Mexico’s Drug Histories by Wil G. Pansters and Benjamin T. Smith
  8. Part 1. The Emerging Prohibition Regime: Policies, Policing, and Popular Vices
  9. Chapter 2. “Pressure-Response” and the Origins of Mexican Drug Prohibition, 1912-1920: A Reassessment by Isaac Campos
  10. Chapter 3. Popular Vices and Revolutionary Restrictions: Drigs and Mexican Society, 1910-1920 by Ricardo Perez Montfort
  11. Chapter 4. Drugs, Control, and Corruption: The Antinarcotics Police in Mexico City, 1920-1947 by Nidia A. Olvera Hernandez
  12. Part 2. Drug Trafficking, Social Relations, Political Protection, and Law Enforcement during the Mexican Miracle
  13. Chapter 5. La Nacha, the Godmother of Border Trafficking: Transnational Drugs and Gendered Power in Ciudad Juarez, 1920-1960 by Elaine Carey
  14. Chapter 6. Highs and Lows: Drug Trafficking in Baja California, 1930-1960 by Benjamin T. Smith and Wil G. Pansters
  15. Chapter 7. Policing the Drug Trade: U.S. Narcotic Agents in Mexico, 1936-1963 by Carlos A. Perez Ricart
  16. Chapter 8. “Rayando la Bola, Cortando la Rama”: The Production of Opium and Marijuana in Sinaloa, 1940-ca. 1975 by Juan Antonio Fernandez Velazquez
  17. Chapter 9. With a Little Help from His Friends: Juan N. Guerra, Smuggling, and Drug Trafficking in Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, 1940s-1950s by Carlos Antonio Flores Perez
  18. Part 3. Drug Trafficking, the Drug War, the Dirty War, and the Unintended Consequences
  19. Chapter 10. Caciques, Traffickers, and Soldiers: Drug-Trafficking in Cardenista Territory of Michoacan, 1960-1970 by Salvador Maldonado Aranda
  20. Chapter 11. The War On Drugs, Counterinsurgency, and the State of Siege in the Golden Triangle, 1977-1982 by Adela Cedillo
  21. Chapter 12. Grupo Sangre: Drugs, Squads, and the Dirty War Origins of Mexico’s Drug Wars by Alexander Avina
  22. Chapter 13. Heroin, the Herreras, and the “Chicago Connection” by Nathaniel Morris
  23. Part 4. Conclusions
  24. Chapter 14. Drugs, Crime, and Violence in Modern Mexico by Alan Knight
  25. List of Contributors
  26. Index