Cash Crop: An American Dream - Softcover

Raphael, Ray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0934203032 ISBN 13: 9780934203036

Publisher: Ridge Times Pr, 1985

Synopsis

Shares interviews with California marijuana growers and those opposed to marijuana, in which they discuss their lifestyles, the region, violence among growers, and the prospect of legalization

About this title

From Library Journal:

Northern California's marijuana-growing population has received ample publicity in the last few years. Steve Chapple's Outlaws in Babylon ( LJ 8/84) was a very personal and favorable view of this subculture; Raphael's book is an attempt to look at pros and cons both. It consists of lengthy interviews with growers, lifelong area residents, law enforcers, and other people with special knowledge of the situation. The author gives some economic and social history of the region, thus furnishing a context for the rest of the book. The best thing about the book is its balance. Raphael lets people explain their own points of view, and the people he chooses are almost all sympathetic; therefore, most readers should finish this book with more insight into the problem. Carol Rasmussen, M.L.S., Natl. Ctr. for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Col.

Copyright 1985 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ridge Times Pr
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0934203032
• ISBN 13: 9780934203036
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 179