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1. Bourgois' 1995 classic In Search of Respect: a tale of three readings.

Author

Pickering, Lucy

Subjects
*PUERTO Ricans, *CRACK cocaine, *NONFICTION, *CRACK cocaine laws, *CULTURE, *IMMIGRANTS, *LEGAL status of sales personnel, *PSYCHOLOGY of men
Abstract

Philippe Bourgois' 1995 classic ethnography of street-level crack cocaine dealing in New York is a rich, textured ethnography of a group of Puerto Rican immigrant men,who during a period of economic decline for the working classes in which ‘legit’ jobs were becoming harder to get ended up making a living selling crack to the community around them. It provides valuable insights into drug-dealing culture, ethnographic methods and ethics and sexual politics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2019
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8. Delicious Foods.

Author

Hoffert, Barbara

Subjects
*CRACK cocaine, *FICTION, *ELECTRONIC books, *AUDIOBOOKS, SOCIAL aspects
Published
2014

11. New ethnographies.

Author

Granfield, Robert

Subjects
*SEX work, *ETHNOLOGY, *CRACK cocaine
Abstract

Reviews the book `Crack Pipe as Pimp: An Ethnographic Investigation of Sex-for-Crack Exchanges,' edited by Mitchell Ratner.

Published
1994
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12. Current publications abstracts.

Author

Munster, Ann

Subjects
*SEX work, *ETHNOLOGY, *CRACK cocaine
Abstract

Reviews the book `Crack Pipe as Pimp: An Ethnographic Investigation of Sex-for-Crack Exchanges,' edited by Mitchell S. Ratner.

Published
1994

14. Crack: The Broken Promise (Book).

Author

Weglarz, Catherine

Subjects
*CRACK cocaine, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "Crack: The Broken Promise," by David F. Allen, M.D. and James F. Jekel, M.D.

Published
1991

15. NEW YORK CITY BUM.

Subjects
*CRACK cocaine, *NONFICTION
Abstract

A debut memoir that revisits Boglioli's 10 years in the crack-cocaine subculture of New York City in the 1980s and '90s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018

16. NEW YORK CITY BUM.

Subjects
*CRACK cocaine, *NONFICTION, *ELECTRONIC books
Abstract

A review of the book "New York City Bum," by David Boglioli, is presented.

Published
2018

21. Crack: The Broken Promise.

Author

Cameron, Douglas

Subjects
CRACK cocaine, NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Crack: The Broken Promise," by David F. Allen and James F. Jekel.

Published
1992
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22. S Street Rising.

Author

J. P. O.

Subjects
*CRACK cocaine, *NONFICTION
Published
2014

23. Moonlighting?

Author

Adams, James

Subjects
*CRACK cocaine, *CORRUPTION
Abstract

Reviews two books which explore charges that the United States Central Intelligence (CIA) Agency condoned the sale of crack cocaine. `Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion,' by Gary Webb; `Whiteout: The CIA. Drugs and the Press,' by Alexander Cockburn.

Published
1998

24. New Crack Facts.

Author

Glantz, S.

Subjects
*VIDEO reviews, *CRACK cocaine, *COCAINE, *DRUG abuse
Abstract

Reviews the videotape `New Crack Facts,` by Peregrine Prods.

Published
1990

25. Crack (Book Review).

Author

Diehl, Sue

Subjects
*CRACK cocaine, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'Crack: the New Drug Epidemic,' by Gilda Berger.

Published
1987

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