The Men of Mobtown : policing Baltimore in the age of slavery and emancipation /

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"The customary story of the rise of modern policing in America is rooted in the growth of northern cities. In this telling, professional police forces arose primarily in reaction to growing urban populations of immigrants and the poor. Meanwhile, scholars of the American South often argue that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Malka, Adam (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Colección:Justice, power, and politics.
Temas:
1800-1899
African Americans > Maryland > Baltimore > Social conditions > History > 19th century.
Racism > Government policy > Maryland > Baltimore > History > 19th century.
Vigilantes > Maryland > Baltimore > History > 19th century.
Police > Maryland > Baltimore > History > 19th century.
Noirs américains > Maryland > Baltimore > Conditions sociales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Racisme > Politique gouvernementale > Maryland > Baltimore > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Membres de groupes d'autodéfense > Maryland > Baltimore > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
African Americans > Social conditions.
Police.
Race relations.
Racism > Government policy.
Vigilantes.
Baltimore (Md.) > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Maryland > Baltimore.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Mobtown. Rioters and vigilantes
  • Policemen and prisons
  • II. Black Liberty, White Power. Securing the workplace
  • Protecting the household
  • Policing the Black criminal
  • III. Emancipation and Its Discontents. The rights of men
  • The crime of freedom.

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