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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Police Forces: A Cultural History of an Institution
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Contemporary Investigations
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'It is unusual for a collection of essays to form such a seamless whole as in the case of Police Forces. Mladek has brought together a superb group of international scholars, whose contributions illuminate, often in startling ways, the history of the 'police' in reality and imagination. One is uncertain whether to praise the book more for the acuteness of its historical analyses or for its urgent contemporary relevance. This is an exemplary and pioneering contribution that will have a major impact on work in cultural studies.' - David E. Wellbery, University of Chicago
'By tracing the history of modern police activity, largely through a German lens, this illuminating volume helps us understand the central and expanding role of policing.More than law or even war-making, policing may be emerging as the primary field for the exercise of power in contemporary society.' - Michael Hardt, Duke University
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Police Forces: A Cultural History of an Institution
Editors: Klaus Mladek
Series Title: Studies in European Culture and History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230607477
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Klaus Mladek 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-7986-5Published: 25 September 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-53846-1Published: 19 December 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-60747-7Published: 06 August 2007
Series ISSN: 2945-6274
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6282
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 277
Topics: European History, Modern History, Social History, Cultural History, History of the Americas, Popular Science in Education