Elaine Carey
Elaine Carey (Ph.D., History, UNM) is assistant professor of history at St. John’s University. Her first book, Plaza of Sacrifices: Gender, Power, and Terror in 1968 Mexico (UNM Press, 2005), is a Diálogos title.
Women Drug Traffickers
Mules, Bosses, and Organized Crime
"The first full-length study of female drug traffickers. The lives of these women are fascinating and skillfully analyzed by the author. The book will be pleasurable reading to general readers and specialists alike."--Howard Campbell, author of Drug War Zone: Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and Juárez
- Copyright year: 2014
Plaza of Sacrifices
Gender, Power, and Terror in 1968 Mexico
On October 2, 1968, up to 700 students were killed by government authorities while protesting in Mexico City - many of them women. This analysis of the role of women in the protest movement shows how the events of 1968 shaped modern Mexican society.
- Copyright year: 2005
