The Rise of the Chicago Police Department: Class and Conflict, 1850-1894

by Sam Mitrani

Book Overview

Class turmoil, labor, and law and order in Chicago

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 business elite fostered the growth of a professional municipal police force to protect capitalism,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252038061
• ISBN13: 9780252038068
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"