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EBOOK Ascent of the Detective:Police Sleuths in Victorian and Edwardian England

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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191620300
EAN: 02543E8CEB
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Stron: 448
Data wydania: 2011
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The figure of the detective has long excited the imagination of the wider public,        and the English police detective has been a special focus of attention in both print        and visual media. Yet, while much has been written in the last three decades about        the history of uniformed policemen in England, no similar work has focused on police        detectives. The Ascent of the Detective redresses this by exploring the diverse and        often arcane world of English police detectives during theformative period of their        profession, from 1842 until the First World War, with special emphasis on the famed        detective branch established at Scotland Yard.The book starts by illuminating the        detectives' socioeconomic background, how and why they became detectives, their        working conditions, the differences between them and uniformed policemen, and their        relations with the wider community. It then goes on to trace the factors that shaped        their changing public image, from the embodiment of 'un-English' values to plebeian        knights in armour, investigating the complex and symbiotic exchange between        detectives and journalists, and analysing their imageas it unfolded in the press, in        literature, and in their own memoirs.

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