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Policing the home front, 1914-1918 : the control of the British population at war / Mary Fraser.
Van Pelt Library HV8195.A2 F73 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fraser, Mary, 1944- author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in First World War history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Police.
- World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 296 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The police before the Great War
- Controversies over the war separation allowance
- Policing alcohol
- The rise of women?
- Living costs
- Pensions and philanthropy
- Conscription and the police
- Policing sexual morality
- The police as ploughmen and farm workers
- Flashpoints and tensions
- Youth crime
- The police and food control
- The corrupting effects of the cinema
- Conclusions to policing the home front 1914-1918
- Appendix 1: The work of michal foucault (1926-1984)
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Fraser, Mary, author. Policing the home front in Britain, 1914-1918
- ISBN:
- 9781138565241
- 1138565245
- OCLC:
- 1057244727
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