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Assassin of Youth
Alexandra Chasin
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Description for Assassin of Youth
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics from its establishment in 1930 until his retirement in 1962, Harry J. Anslinger is the United States' little known first drug czar. Anslinger was a profligate propagandist with a flair for demonizing racial and immigrant groups and perhaps best known for his zealous pursuit of harsh drug penalties and his particular animus for marijuana users. But what made Anslinger who he was, and what cultural trends did he amplify and institutionalize? Having just passed the hundredth anniversary of the Harrison Act which consolidated prohibitionist drug policy and led to the carceral state we ... Read more
Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics from its establishment in 1930 until his retirement in 1962, Harry J. Anslinger is the United States' little known first drug czar. Anslinger was a profligate propagandist with a flair for demonizing racial and immigrant groups and perhaps best known for his zealous pursuit of harsh drug penalties and his particular animus for marijuana users. But what made Anslinger who he was, and what cultural trends did he amplify and institutionalize? Having just passed the hundredth anniversary of the Harrison Act which consolidated prohibitionist drug policy and led to the carceral state we ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226276977
SKU
V9780226276977
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About Alexandra Chasin
Alexandra Chasin is associate professor of literary studies at Eugene Lang College, the New School. She is the author of several books of fiction and nonfiction.
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