Invisible Men: The Secret Lives of Police Constables in Liverpool, Manchester, And Birmingham 1900-1939 - Rilegato

Klein, Joanne

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ISBN 10: 1846312353 ISBN 13: 9781846312359

Casa editrice: Liverpool Univ Pr, 2010

Riassunto

Invisible Men is the most comprehensive study to date of the lives and work of English police constables on foot patrol in the early part of the twentieth century. Joanne Klein has plumbed previously unstudied archives of police departments in Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool to offer a fascinating insider’s view of the working-class men charged with protecting the citizens of these rapidly growing cities during a period of great change in both the life of the city and the nature of police methods and training.

“This is an excellent book. It is well-written and extremely interesting, filling a gap in a historical literature which is dominated by official and institutional perspectives, by illuminating the daily and working lives of constables.”—Lucinda McCray Beier, Appalachian State University

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Recensione

This book is greatly to be welcomed. Based on research from little-known provincial police archives, it provides a major addition to our knowledge of working-class life and work in general, and the life and work of the English police officer in particular. It explores police relations with the public, the varied arrangements of the Bobby's domestic life, and the vicissitudes of his working life from the moment that he first put his uniform on, to when he finally took it off as a result of death, dismissal, resignation or retirement. The book is just what good history should be - well-researched, persuasively argued and a pleasure to read.' Professor Clive Emsley, Open University 'This is an excellent book. It is well-written and extremely interesting, filling a gap in an historical literature, which is dominated by official and institutional perspectives, by illuminating the daily and working lives of constables. --Professor Lucinda McCray Beier, Appalachian State University

L'autore

Joanne Klein is associate professor of history at Boise State University.

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• Editore: Liverpool Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1846312353
• ISBN 13: 9781846312359
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 334