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Book SynopsisDealing 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.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Cannabis and Coca, Chemistry and Culture Chapter 2: Cities and Suburbs Chapter 3: Dealing with Privilege Chapter 4: Ambivalent Economics Chapter 5: Gendered Ambivalence: Cocaine, Money, and Manliness Chapter 6: The Culture of Cultivation Chapter 7: Ambivalence Renounced: Growing Up and Out of Dealing Chapter 8: The Rise and Demise of Cocaine Culture
