| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 208 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; no. 102
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Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; no. 102.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references pages (179-197) and index. |
| Contents |
"A change gonna come" : Jim Crow challenges during the depression and World War, 1929-43 -- "Almost the law" : black police and the ordeal of Jim Crow policing in postwar Houston, 1944-59 -- Circling the wagons : HPD retrenchment in a time of social change, 1960-73 -- "What a mess we have here" : chaos with the breakdown of leadership in the police department, 1973-78 -- The storm clouds of change : the death of José Campos Torres and the emergence of triracial politics in Houston, 1978-80 -- Calming the raging sea : Katherine J. Whitmire, Lee P. Brown, and the high tide of change for the police department, 1981-90. |
| Summary |
Examines the racial history of the Houston Police Department, drawing on police records and contemporary accounts to look at how Houston, and other police departments, responded to social, political, and institutional change from 1930 to 1990. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Police -- Texas -- Houston.
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Police. |
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Texas -- Houston. |
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Houston (Tex.) -- Race relations.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Police. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Watson, Dwight. Race and the Houston police department, 1930-1990. 1st ed. College Station, Tex. : Texas A & M University Press, ©2005 1585444375 (DLC) 2005007868 (OCoLC)58986271 |
| ISBN |
9781603446198 (electronic book) |
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1603446192 (electronic book) |
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1585444375 |
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9781585444373 |
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