Wheeling and Dealing Ethnography
Wheeling and Dealing: An Ethnography of an Upper-Level Drug Dealing and Smuggling Community Patricia Adler and her husband carried out a very risky ethnography of an upper-level drug community known primarily for large amounts of drug dealing and smuggling. ... Those she had been overt with aided in her study by informing her of “big deals” that were going to happen or if someone that would be of interest to Adler and crucial in her ethnography were going be around in case she wanted to “stop by”. ... However, I do believe that some individuals, especially those at the lower end of the drug dealing enterprise, fight to survive under conventional jobs, especially when having little or no education.