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Author Schneider, Eric C., 1951-2017.

Title Smack : heroin and the American city / Eric C. Schneider.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  HV5822.H4 S36 2008    Available  ---
Description xvi, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Politics and culture in modern America
Politics and culture in modern America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-244) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Heroin abuse -- United States -- History.
Heroin abuse.
United States.
History.
Minorities -- Substance use -- United States -- History.
Minorities -- Substance use.
Drug traffic -- United States -- History.
Drug traffic.
Drug control -- United States -- History.
Drug control.
ISBN 9780812241167 alkaline paper
0812241169 alkaline paper