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Author Raspa, Darren A., author.

Title Bloody Bay Grassroots Policing in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco / Darren A. Raspa.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000.
[2020]

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Description 1 online resource (pages cm)
text file
Series Book collections on Project MUSE.
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
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Subject Criminal justice, Administration of -- Citizen participation -- History -- 19th century.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Citizen participation.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Criminal justice, Administration of -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 19th century.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
California -- San Francisco.
Police -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 19th century.
Police.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Subject Police.
Added Author Project Muse, distributor.
ISBN 1496223926
9781496223920 (electronic book)
9781496217530