| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Home -- The southern border -- Immigration court -- The Santa Fe Street bridge -- Business as usual -- Father and son -- La Carrucha -- Violence -- The street -- The oasis -- The gangs of the valley -- Adelita and Calista -- A fear of corners -- Connections -- The city by the lake -- Gangland -- The twins -- Logistics -- Conclusion: the business of the American drug trade -- Epilogue: trainspotting. |
| Summary |
"Trying to Make It is a study of the people, gangs, and illicit enterprises that form the illicit drug trade in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua; Phoenix, Arizona; and Chicago, Illinois."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Drug traffic -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Drug traffic -- Social aspects -- Mexico.
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Drug dealers -- United States.
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Drug dealers -- Mexico.
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Drug control -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Drug control -- Social aspects -- Mexico.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology |
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Drug control -- Social aspects |
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Drug dealers |
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Drug traffic -- Social aspects |
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Mexico |
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United States |
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United States of America, USA. |
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Migration, immigration & emigration. |
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Social services & welfare, criminology. |
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Drugs trade / drug trafficking. |
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Organized crime. |
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True Crime. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Gundur, Rajeev. Trying to make it Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022 9781501764462 (DLC) 2021044473 |
| ISBN |
9781501764493 electronic book |
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1501764497 electronic book |
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9781501764486 electronic book |
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1501764489 electronic book |
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9781501764462 hardcover |
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9781501764479 paperback |
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