The ascent of the detective : police sleuths in Victorian and Edwardian England /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Subjects: |
Great Britain
> Metropolitan Police Office.
> Criminal Investigation Department
> History
> 19th century.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE. THE DETECTIVE IN HIS WORK MILIEU; 1. POLICE DETECTION IN ENGLAND: EIGHTEENTH CENTURY-FIRST WORLD WAR; 2. FROM BOBBY TO DETECTIVE; 3. THE DETECTIVE AS WAGE-EARNER AND OFFICIAL CRIME FIGHTER; PART TWO. DETECTIVES AND THE PRINT MEDIA; INTRODUCTION; 4. THE UNIQUELY SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DETECTIVES AND JOURNALISTS; 5. THE CHANGING IMAGE OF POLICE DETECTIVES IN THE PRESS; 6. POLICE DETECTIVES IN FICTION; 7. POLICE DETECTIVES AS AUTHORS; CONCLUSION; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L
- MN; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z