Overview
- Explores the nineteenth-century origins of the Dublin Metropolitan Police
- Analyses its influence on the colonial forces by positioning it within an imperial context
- Contributes a nuanced and complex argument to our understanding of Irish history
Part of the book series: World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence (WHCCV)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book illuminates the neglected history of the Dublin Metropolitan Police – a history that has been long overshadowed by existing historiography, which has traditionally been preoccupied with the more radical aspects of Irish history. It explores the origins of the institution and highlights the Dublin Metropolitan Police’s profound influence on the colonial forces, as its legacy reached some of the furthest outposts of the British Empire. In doing so Anastasia Dukova provides much needed nuance and complexity to our understanding of Ireland as a whole, and Dublin in particular, demonstrating that it was far more than a lawless place ravaged by political and sectarian violence. Simultaneously, the book tells the story of the bobby on the beat, the policeman who made the organisation; his work and day, the conditions of service and how they affected or bettered his lot at home and abroad.
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About the author
Anastasia Dukova held a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Toronto, Canada. She is a policing historian specializing in the history of municipal policing, with a primary focus on Ireland, colonial Australia and Canada.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A History of the Dublin Metropolitan Police and its Colonial Legacy
Authors: Anastasia Dukova
Series Title: World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55582-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-55581-6Published: 21 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-71732-3Published: 19 September 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-55582-3Published: 10 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2730-9630
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9649
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 235
Number of Illustrations: 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Imperialism and Colonialism, Social History, Crime and Society