The North-West Mounted Police and Law Enforcement, 1873-1905 / Rod Macleod.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Macleod, Rod, Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Royal Canadian Mounted Police--History.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Law enforcement--Canada--History.

Law enforcement.

Canada.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 218 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Traces the evolution of the force and investigates why it was so successful.

Contents:

Part I: The Growth and Development of the North-West Mounted Police 1873-1905: 1. Introduction; 2. The Origins of the NWMP; 3. The Benevolent Despotism of the NWMP; 4. The Organization Man: Commissioner L.W. Herchmer's Reforms 5. Commissioner A Bowen Perry and the Survival of the MWMP Part II Specific Problems and Responses: 6. 'The Feelings and Manners of a Gentleman': Social Class in the NWMP; 7. Patronage and Public Service: The NWMP; 8. The Military Tradition of the NWMP; 9. Crime and criminals in the North-West Territories 1873-1905 10. The Enforcement of the Liquor Laws: The Identity Crisis of the NWMP; 11. The NWMP and Minority Groups; 13. Conclusion: An Idea Whose Time had Come

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7591-2

OCLC:

1129185453