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Police and politics in Marseille, 1936-1945 / by Simon Kitson.
Van Pelt Library HV8206.M36 K58 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kitson, Simon.
- Series:
- History of warfare ; 1385-7827 V.95.
- History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; volume 95
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Front populaire.
- Police--France--Marseille--History--20th century.
- Police.
- Police--Political activity--France--Marseille--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--France--Marseille.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- History.
- Police--Political activity.
- Marseille (France)--Politics and government--20th century.
- Marseille (France).
- Marseille (France)--History, Military--20th century.
- Marseille (France)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Front populaire--History.
- France--Politics and government--1940-1945.
- France.
- Politics and government.
- France--Marseille.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 307 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden : Brill, 2014.
- Summary:
- Simon Kitson's Police and Politics in Marseille, 1936-1945 offers a history from below analysis of the attitude of the Marseille Police between the Popular Front and the Liberation of France. Kitson highlights the specificities of policing France's largest port: clientelism, corruption, a floating population and high levels of criminality, including organised crime. But he also demonstrates why many of his conclusions about Police attitude can be generalised to other parts of France and in so doing challenges many of the assumptions of the existing historiography. Although they zealously hunted down a Jews and communists the Police were not as reliable for the Vichy government as is commonly assumed and were, undoubtedly, far more involved in Resistance than most sectors of society. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- List of abbreviations
- A note on sources
- A note on the organisation of the police
- Introduction
- From hope to disappointment : the police experience of the Popular Front
- Marseille Chicago
- Enthusiasm and co-operation : the start of the Vichy government
- Policing opposition
- Anti-semitic policing
- The hunt for German spies
- Ripping the heart out of Marseille
- Disaffection and unreliability
- The new slave trade
- New rivals
- Towards liberation
- A new police for a new France?
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789004248359
- 9004248358
- OCLC:
- 869460617
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