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The streets of San Francisco : policing and the creation of a cosmopolitan liberal politics, 1950-1972 / Christopher Lowen Agee.
Van Pelt Library F869.S357 A34 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Agee, Christopher Lowen, author.
- Series:
- Historical studies of urban America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police.
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Politics and government--20th century.
- San Francisco (Calif.).
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Police--California--San Francisco.
- California--San Francisco.
- Physical Description:
- 328 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- 1 "I Will Never Degrade the Spirit of Unity": Managerial Growth Politics and Police Professionalism 17
- 2 North Beach Beat: Bohemians, Patrol Officers, and Cultural Pluralism 41
- 3 Gayola: Gay-Bar Politics, Police Corruption, and Sexual Pluralism 73
- 4 "The Most Powerful Force in Man": Sexually Explicit Art, Police Censorship, and the Cosmopolitan Liberal Ascent 109
- 5 Leader of the Pack: Gangs, Police Neglect, and Racial Pluralism 145
- 6 "If You Are Very Liberal toward Dissent, You Can Be a Little Bit Tougher": Cosmopolitan Liberalism and the Use of Force 185
- 7 "City Hall Can Be Beaten": Haight-Ashbury Activists, Rank-and-File Police, and a Cosmopolitan Localism 213.
- ISBN:
- 9780226122281
- 022612228X
- OCLC:
- 855491769
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