Women drug traffickers : mules, bosses, and organized crime / Elaine Carey.

Author: Carey, Elaine, 1967-

Edition Statement:First Edition.

ImprintAlbuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2014]

Descriptionxiii, 295 pages ; 23 cm.

Note:Acknowledgments -- Introduction : selling is more of a habit : women and drug trafficking, 1900-1980 -- Foreign vices : drugs, modernity, and gender -- Mules, smugglers, and peddlers : the illicit trade in Mexico, 1910s-1930s -- The white lady of Mexico City : lola la chata and the remaking of narcotics -- Transcending borders : la nacha and the "notorious" women of the north -- The women who made it snow : cold, dirty, drug wars, 1970s -- Conclusion gangsters, narcs, and women : a secret history -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-280) and index.

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