The Rise of the Chicago Police Department by Sam Mitrani HARDBACK 9780252038068

The Rise of the Chicago Police Department\nby Sam Mitrani\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Sam Mitrani\nTitle: The Rise of the Chicago Police Department\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Police and security services\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252038068\nISBN-10: 0252038061\nRRP: \u00A343.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nClass turmoil, labor, and law and order in Chicago\n 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 rooted in class tensions, and the city''s lawmakers and business elite fostered the growth of a professional municipal police force to pr.