Description |
1 online resource (pages cm) |
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text file |
Series |
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
"Bloody Bay follows the history of policing in nineteenth-century San Francisco, exploring the city's culture of popular justice, its multi-ethnic environment, and how the unique relationships formed between informal and formal policing created a more progressive policing environment than anywhere else in the nation"-- Provided by publisher. |
Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Of Heroes and Hounds -- 2. "AdiĆ³s, Caballeros" -- 3. English Jim and the Rise of Grassroots Policeways, 1851 -- 4. Vigilant City -- Interlude -- 5. Pick-Handles on the Plaza, July 1877 -- 6. King of Chinatown -- 7. Tiger Eyes, the Jewel of the Pacific, and Reorienting the Policing Model, 1912 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Citizen participation -- History -- 19th century.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Citizen participation. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 19th century.
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Criminal justice, Administration of. |
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California -- San Francisco. |
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Police -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 19th century.
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Police. |
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San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Subject |
Police. |
Added Author |
Project Muse, distributor.
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ISBN |
1496223926 |
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9781496223920 (electronic book) |
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9781496217530 |
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