The Resource Crack : rock cocaine, street capitalism, and the decade of greed, David Farber
Crack : rock cocaine, street capitalism, and the decade of greed, David Farber
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The item Crack : rock cocaine, street capitalism, and the decade of greed, David Farber represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- "A black man who had served almost a decade in the penitentiary came home to the Southside of Chicago in the mid-1980s. He watched young men-at first just a few- set up shop on the corners in his neighborhood. They were selling crack cocaine. He was tempted-to buy, to sell-but he steered clear. Still, he understood the draw. From his own younger days and from his years in prison, he knew the men who organized the operations that moved the product from wholesale purchase to hand-to-hand sale. In his estimation, these were righteous men, men whose names he did not discuss, knowing full well what it would mean if he used their names with the wrong people. These were men that, he understood, "had to make their choices. And they made 'em." Improbably, given where they began, these men had made money, lots of money, and not just for themselves. They also made money for "the nation." That's how this ex-offender, who had found a new religion behind prison walls, thought of it"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 214 pages
- Contents
-
- First comes cocaine, then comes crack: origin stories
- Crack the market: commodification and commercialization
- Crack up: the cost of hard-core consumption
- Crack money: manhood in the age of greed
- Crackdown: the politics and laws of drug enforcement
- Crack's retreat: a nation's slow, painful, and partial
- Isbn
- 9781108425278
- Label
- Crack : rock cocaine, street capitalism, and the decade of greed
- Title
- Crack
- Title remainder
- rock cocaine, street capitalism, and the decade of greed
- Statement of responsibility
- David Farber
- Subject
-
- trueCocaine
- Cocaine -- History
- trueCrack (Drug)
- Crack (Drug) -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Crack (Drug) -- United States
- trueCrack traffic
- Drug abuse -- Government policy -- United States
- Drug addicts -- United States
- trueDrug control
- trueDrug culture
- trueDrug dealers
- Drug dealers -- United States
- trueInner city violence
- trueRacism
- trueUnited States -- History -- 20th century
- trueClassism
- trueCapitalism
- trueAfrican American young men
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A black man who had served almost a decade in the penitentiary came home to the Southside of Chicago in the mid-1980s. He watched young men-at first just a few- set up shop on the corners in his neighborhood. They were selling crack cocaine. He was tempted-to buy, to sell-but he steered clear. Still, he understood the draw. From his own younger days and from his years in prison, he knew the men who organized the operations that moved the product from wholesale purchase to hand-to-hand sale. In his estimation, these were righteous men, men whose names he did not discuss, knowing full well what it would mean if he used their names with the wrong people. These were men that, he understood, "had to make their choices. And they made 'em." Improbably, given where they began, these men had made money, lots of money, and not just for themselves. They also made money for "the nation." That's how this ex-offender, who had found a new religion behind prison walls, thought of it"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10824044
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Farber, David R
- Dewey number
- 362.29/8097309048
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV5810
- LC item number
- .F37 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Crack (Drug)
- Drug addicts
- Crack (Drug)
- Drug abuse
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- rock cocaine, street capitalism, and the decade of greed
- Label
- Crack : rock cocaine, street capitalism, and the decade of greed, David Farber
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- First comes cocaine, then comes crack: origin stories -- Crack the market: commodification and commercialization -- Crack up: the cost of hard-core consumption -- Crack money: manhood in the age of greed -- Crackdown: the politics and laws of drug enforcement -- Crack's retreat: a nation's slow, painful, and partial
- Control code
- 2019014513
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 214 pages
- Isbn
- 9781108425278
- Lccn
- 2019014513
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1089960848
- Label
- Crack : rock cocaine, street capitalism, and the decade of greed, David Farber
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- First comes cocaine, then comes crack: origin stories -- Crack the market: commodification and commercialization -- Crack up: the cost of hard-core consumption -- Crack money: manhood in the age of greed -- Crackdown: the politics and laws of drug enforcement -- Crack's retreat: a nation's slow, painful, and partial
- Control code
- 2019014513
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 214 pages
- Isbn
- 9781108425278
- Lccn
- 2019014513
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1089960848
Subject
- trueCocaine
- Cocaine -- History
- trueCrack (Drug)
- Crack (Drug) -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Crack (Drug) -- United States
- trueCrack traffic
- Drug abuse -- Government policy -- United States
- Drug addicts -- United States
- trueDrug control
- trueDrug culture
- trueDrug dealers
- Drug dealers -- United States
- trueInner city violence
- trueRacism
- trueUnited States -- History -- 20th century
- trueClassism
- trueCapitalism
- trueAfrican American young men
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