Invisible Men
The Secret Lives of Police Constables in Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham, 1900-1939
Distributed for Liverpool University Press
Invisible Men is the most comprehensive study to date of the lives and work of English police constables on foot patrol in the early part of the twentieth century. Joanne Klein has plumbed previously unstudied archives of police departments in Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool to offer a fascinating insider’s view of the working-class men charged with protecting the citizens of these rapidly growing cities during a period of great change in both the life of the city and the nature of police methods and training.
“This is an excellent book. It is well-written and extremely interesting, filling a gap in a historical literature which is dominated by official and institutional perspectives, by illuminating the daily and working lives of constables.”—Lucinda McCray Beier, Appalachian State University
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Invisible Men
1. Putting on the Uniform
2. Multifarious Duties
3. Discipline and Defaulters
4. Factions and Friendships
5. Police Unions and Federations
6. The Police and the Public: Animosity
7. The Police and the Public: Fraternizing
8. The Police and the Public: Women
9. Domestic Life
10. Taking off the Uniform
Conclusion
Appendix: Chief Constables in Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester, 1900–1939
Bibliography
Index
History: British and Irish History
Sociology: Occupations, Professions, Work
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