Smugglers, Brothels, and Twine Historical Perspectives on Contraband and Vice in North America's Borderlands |
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| Editor:
| Carey, Elaine
Marak, Andrae M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8165-2876-9 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Publisher: | University of Arizona Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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A historical perspective, from Mesoamerican counterfeits of cacao beans used as currency to cattle rustling to human trafficking; from Canada's and Mexico's different approaches to the illegality of liquor in the United States during Prohibition to contemporary case studies of the transnational movement of people, crime, narcotics, vice, and even ideas.
A historical perspective, from Mesoamerican counterfeits of cacao beans used as currency to cattle rustling to human trafficking; from Canada's and Mexico's different approaches to the illegality of liquor in the United States during Prohibition to contemporary case studies of the transnational movement of people, crime, narcotics, vice, and even ideas.