Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - Police in Urban America, 1860-1920 (Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History)

Police in Urban America, 1860-1920 (Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History)
Police in Urban America 18601920 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History
Author: Eric H. Monkkonen
Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in the social history of crime an-long a variety of disciplines. This book examines the rapid spread of uniformed police forces throughout late nineteenth-century urban America. It suggests that, initially, the new kind of police in industrial cities served primarily as agents of class control, disp...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521531252
ISBN-10: 052153125X
Publication Date: 7/8/2004
Pages: 236
Rating:
  ?

0 stars, based on 0 rating
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review


Genres: