Elaine Carey

About The Author

Elaine Carey chairs the Department of History at St. John's University in New York City. She is also the author of Plaza of Sacrifices: Gender, Power, and Terror in 1968 Mexico (UNM Press).

Books by Elaine Carey

Women Drug Traffickers

Mules, Bosses, and Organized Crime

By Elaine Carey
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 o...
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Plaza of Sacrifices

Gender, Power, and Terror in 1968 Mexico

By Elaine Carey
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.
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