Dealing with Privilege: Cannabis, Cocaine, and the Economic Foundations of Suburban Drug Culture

Author(s)

David Crawford, Fairfield UniversityFollow

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Document Type

Book

Description/Summary

Dealing with Privilege: Cannabis, Cocaine, and the Economic Foundations of Suburban Drug Culture focuses on the careers of nine successfully retired drug dealers, offering a contrast to sociological, criminological, and other depictions of drug dealing as a realm of the desperate, dangerous, and poor. David Crawford tells the great untold story of drug dealing in America, where white, middle-class dealers are unlikely to suffer the enforcement of drug laws. Contrary to media portrayals, Crawford argues that suburban drug sales are not oriented primarily toward making money but at making friends and having fun. Using economic anthropology, classic sociology, and neuroscience to analyze the life trajectories of these dealers, Crawford touches on issues of crime, race, culture, aging, gender, privilege, illegal drugs, and the limits of conventional economics as a framework to understand economic behavior.

ISBN

9781498598163

Publication Date

7-2019

Publication Information

Crawford, David. Dealing with Privilege: Cannabis, Cocaine, and the Economic Foundations of Suburban Drug Culture. Lexington Books, 2019.

Comments

Copyright 2019 Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.

Recommended Citation

Crawford, David, "Dealing with Privilege: Cannabis, Cocaine, and the Economic Foundations of Suburban Drug Culture" (2019). Sociology & Anthropology Faculty Book and Media Gallery. 67.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/sociologyandanthropology-books/67