02955nam 2200601Ia 450 991078595180332120230126205821.01-59332-660-2(CKB)2670000000271305(EBL)1057791(OCoLC)818818925(SSID)ssj0000757819(PQKBManifestationID)12276795(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000757819(PQKBWorkID)10759534(PQKB)11336184(MiAaPQ)EBC1057791(Au-PeEL)EBL1057791(CaPaEBR)ebr10622769(EXLCZ)99267000000027130520100910d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDrug laws and institutional racism[electronic resource] the story told by the Congressional record /Cheryl L. ChambersEl Paso, Tex. LFB Scholarly Pub.20111 online resource (269 p.)Law and society : recent scholarshipDescription based upon print version of record.1-59332-410-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1; Introduction; CHAPTER 2; Conflict Theory and Racial Inequality; CHAPTER 3; Institutional Racism and the Use of the Congressional Record; CHAPTER 4; Opium Laws of the Late 1800's and 1909; CHAPTER 5; The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937; CHAPTER 6; Anti-drug Abuse Act of 1986: Cocaine and Crack Cocaine; CHAPTER 7; Conclusions; APPENDIX; Methodology; REFERENCES; INDEXChambers's hypothesis is that an historical analysis of the Congressional discussions surrounding the opium laws in the late 1800's and early 1900's, the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, and the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 will illustrate that competition and threat, economic and/or political, were present prior to the enactment of the laws. Analyses indicate that while economic and to a limited extent political competition between Chinese immigrants and white Americans affected the passage of the opium laws, economic and political competition had little effect on the Marihuana Tax Act or the Anti-DLaw and society (New York, N.Y.)Drug controlSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryNarcotic lawsSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryRacismUnited StatesHistorySociological jurisprudenceUnited StatesDrug controlSocial aspectsHistory.Narcotic lawsSocial aspectsHistory.RacismHistory.Sociological jurisprudence344.7304/460262Chambers Cheryl L.1969-1517744MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785951803321Drug laws and institutional racism3754968UNINA