Crack: Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed

by David Farber

Book Overview

A shattering account of the crack cocaine years from award-winning American historian David Farber, Crack tells the story of the young men who bet their lives on the rewards of selling 'rock' cocaine, the people who gave themselves over to the crack pipe, and the often-merciless authorities who incarcerated legions of African Americans caught in the crack cocaine underworld. Based on interviews, archival research, judicial records, underground videos,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108425275
• ISBN13: 9781108425278
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"