Crack : rock cocaine, street capitalism, and the decade of greed

The Resource Crack : rock cocaine, street capitalism, and the decade of greed

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Crack : rock cocaine, street capitalism, and the decade of greed

Title remainder

rock cocaine, street capitalism, and the decade of greed

Statement of responsibility

David Farber

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"--

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DLC

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

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