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Sto caricando le informazioni... Law & Disorder: The Chaotic Birth of the NYPDdi Bruce Chadwick
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. The author leans a little too much into their portrayal of nineteenth-century New York City as a lawless zone that waves of immigrants were poring into. Much of this book is focused on descriptions of crimes that made the news, with a special emphasis on murder and prostitution. The police, who were originally political appointees, were typically not up to the task of maintaining law and order. Eventually, due to structural changes and the development of a professional police force, the tide was turned, but while this book attempts to make this point, the actual narrative keeps getting distracted by riots and more descriptions of lawlessness. Perhaps I'm simply not the right reader for this book, but I didn't care for the narrative construction of this book and I felt like the author failed to make their point. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Nineteenth-century New York City was one of the most magnificent cities in the world, but also one of the most deadly. Without any real law enforcement for almost 200 years, the city was a lawless place where the crime rate was triple what it is today and the murder rate was five or six times as high. The staggering amount of crime threatened to topple a city that was experiencing meteoric growth and striving to become one of the most spectacular in America. For the first time, award-winning historian Bruce Chadwick examines how rampant violence led to the founding of the first professional police force in New York City. Chadwick brings readers into the bloody and violent city, where race relations and an influx of immigrants boiled over into riots, street gangs roved through town with abandon, and thousands of bars, prostitutes, and gambling emporiums clogged the streets. The drive to establish law and order and protect the city involved some of New York's biggest personalities, including mayor Fernando Wood, Police Captain George Walling, and journalist Walt Whitman. Law & Disorder is a must read for fans of New York history and those interested in how the first police force, untrained and untested, battled to maintain law and order. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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