The Men of Mobtown : policing Baltimore in the age of slavery and emancipation /
"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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Justice, power, and politics.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- 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.
