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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Joanne Klein |
| ISBN: | 9781846312359 1846312353 9781846312366 1846312361 |
| OCLC Number: | 477283336 |
| Description: | viii, 334 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Contents List of Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Invisible Men 1. Putting on the Uniform 2. Multifarious Duties 3. Discipline and Defaulters 4. Factions and Friendships 5. Police Unions and Federations 6. The Police and the Public: Animosity 7. The Police and the Public: Fraternizing 8. The Police and the Public: Women 9. Domestic Life 10. Taking off the Uniform Conclusion Appendix: Chief Constables in Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester, 1900-1939 Bibliography Index |
| Responsibility: | Joanne Klein. |
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"'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" Read more...
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- Police -- England -- Liverpool -- History -- 20th century.
- Police -- England -- Manchester -- History -- 20th century.
- Police -- England -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century.
- Working class -- England -- History -- 20th century.
- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.