Smack: heroin and the American city

New York and the global market -- Jazz joints and junk -- The plague -- The panic over adolescent heroin use -- Ethnicity and the market -- The rising tide -- Dealing with dope -- Heroin suburbanizes -- The war and the war at home -- From the Golden Spike to the Glass Pipe -- Heroin markets redux

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schneider, Eric C. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. Univ. of Pennsylvania Press c 2008
In:Year: 2008
Online Access: Book review (H-Net)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 3966
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Keywords:
Heroin abuse > United States > History
Minorities > Substance use > United States > History
Drug traffic > United States > History
Drug control > United States > History
USA > Heroin > Drogenmissbrauch > Milieu > Bevölkerungsentwicklung
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Summary:New York and the global market -- Jazz joints and junk -- The plague -- The panic over adolescent heroin use -- Ethnicity and the market -- The rising tide -- Dealing with dope -- Heroin suburbanizes -- The war and the war at home -- From the Golden Spike to the Glass Pipe -- Heroin markets redux
Item Description:Includes index
Physical Description:XVI, 259 S Ill 24 cm
ISBN:0812241169
9780812241167