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A compelling portrait of three communities penetrated by drugs and isolation: East New York, North Philadelphia, and the Red Hook housing projects in Brooklyn, New York.
With a chilling and informative afterword by Dr. Stephen W. Nicholas, who works as a pediatric AIDS physician in Harlem, Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue reveals how first steps toward solutions to overcome the drug trade have actually contributed to public denial and further isolation of the trapped communities. Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue is a history of our times, a compelling, terrifying document that will educate us and promote dialogue, a first step toward affecting change.
With a chilling and informative afterword by Dr. Stephen W. Nicholas, who works as a pediatric AIDS physician in Harlem, Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue reveals how first steps toward solutions to overcome the drug trade have actually contributed to public denial and further isolation of the trapped communities. Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue is a history of our times, a compelling, terrifying document that will educate us and promote dialogue, a first step toward affecting change.
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This is a photographic and textual look at the embattled inhabitants of three representative troubled communities in the US. The book reveals how first steps toward solutions to overcome the drug trade have actually contributed to public denial and further isolation of the trapped communities. Interviews with gang members, addicts, dealers, parents, children, the elderly, sex workers and the clergy give voice to members of the afflicted communities. Eugene Richards has worked as a freelance editorial photographer for "Life", "The Sunday Times", "New York Times Magazine" and "GEO".
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- PublisherAperture
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0893815640
- ISBN 13 9780893815646
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages157
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