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

The Working Class in American History

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

Sam Mitrani

272 pages hardcover 2013

2 editions

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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 ro...

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