My Account
Log in Registration
All
Cart
Highlights
Fiction Books
Non-Fiction Books
Children's Books
Rare Books
Music
DVD & Blu-Ray
Video Games
Category
Wishlists
Cart
All
Free US shipping over $10
Trustpilot
Proud to be B-Corp

Policing the Victorian Town D. Taylor

Policing the Victorian Town By D. Taylor

Policing the Victorian Town by D. Taylor

Reviews:
$139.69
Condition - New
Only 2 left
New

Summary

The book looks at the development of policing in a town noted for its high levels of crime. Through a detailed study of policing and police work over the period c. 1840-1914 it shows how the turbulent community of the early Victorian years was turned into a policed society by the end of the century.

Policing the Victorian Town Summary

Policing the Victorian Town: The Development of the Police in Middlesborough, c.1840-1914 by D. Taylor

The book looks at the development of policing in a town noted for its high levels of crime. Through a detailed study of policing and police work over the period c. 1840-1914 it shows how the turbulent community of the early Victorian years was turned into a policed society by the end of the century.

Policing the Victorian Town Reviews

'His book is well researched and well argued, adding significant detail to our knowledge and understanding of the issues.' - Clive Emsley, H-Urban, H-Net Reviews

About D. Taylor

DAVID TAYLOR is Dean of the School of Music and Humanities at the University of Huddersfield. He is the author of The New Place in Nineteenth-Century England, and Crime, Policing and Punishment in England, 1750-1914.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Urban Growth, Social Order and Policing The Birth of the 'Infant Hercules': Urban and Industrial Growth in Middlesborough, c.1840-1870 The New Police in Middlesborough: From the 1841 Improvement Act to the Early Years of the 1856 County and Borough Police Act The British Ballarat? Crime in Middlesborough, c.1840-1870 The Police and the Public: The Limits of Policing by Consent The Years of Maturation: Urban and Industrial Growth in Middlesborough, c.1870-1914 Expansion and Professionalization: The Middlesborough Police, c.1870-1914 The Police and Crime in Middlesborough after 1870 The Police and the Public from the 1870s to 1914

Additional information

NPB9780333652398
9780333652398
0333652398
Policing the Victorian Town: The Development of the Police in Middlesborough, c.1840-1914 by D. Taylor
D. Taylor
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2002-07-23
237
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a new book - be the first to read this copy. With untouched pages and a perfect binding, your brand new copy is ready to be opened for the first time

Customer Reviews - Policing the Victorian Town