Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-241) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. The system -- 2. Careers -- 3. Getting fired -- 4. Policing politics -- 5. Situations irregulieres : the comings and goings of ordinary people -- 6. Policing the daily lives of local people -- 7. The state's victory over defiant municipalities.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This text describes and analyses the careers of the police in provincial France in the context of the centralisation of the France state and the professionalism of the police in a period of remarkable change. It also emphasises the continuities with the Ancien Regime within France.
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Title
Police stories.
International Standard Book Number
0195072537
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Law enforcement-- France-- History-- 19th century.
Police-- France-- History-- 19th century.
Law enforcement.
Police.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Law Enforcement.