The rise of the Chicago Police Department : class and conflict, 1850-1894 / Sam Mitrani.

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"In this book, Sam Mitrani cogently examines the making of the police department in Chicago, which by the late 1800s had grown into the most violent, turbulent city in America. Chicago was roiling with political and economic conflict, much of it rooted in class tensions, and the city's lawmakers and...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Working class in American history.
Main Author:	Mitrani, Sam
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2013.
Series:	Working class in American history.
Subjects:	Chicago (Ill.). > Police Department > History. Police > Illinois > Chicago > History. Law enforcement > Illinois > Chicago. Chicago (Ill.). > Police Department. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Law Enforcement. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban. Law enforcement. Police. Illinois > Chicago. History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format:	Book

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