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Police Stories - Building the French State, 1815-1851 (Hardcover)
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Police Stories - Building the French State, 1815-1851 (Hardcover)
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In the first half of nineteenth century France was characterized by
extraordinary regional and linguistic diversity but the state
increasingly became a central force in the lives of its citizens.
One way that it did so was through its police force, which, as John
Merriman details in this work, developed into a modern profession
during this period. He describes the careers of policemen, how they
were hired, the difficulties they faced and successes they enjoyed.
Through the lives of these men, he shows how the political issues
of the day, as well as incompetence and imprudence, could bring a
sudden, inglorious end to their work in the police. His study of
these men underscores how the police helped the state affirm its
primacy, winning the allegiance, or at least the obedience, of the
French people. Reconstructing events from police reports, Merriman
chronicles the street life of Frances's growing towns and cities
through the prism of the people who enforced its laws and
maintained the peace. Police were on the scene to investigate
suicides and deaths; break up workers' strikes and fights among
brawling drunkards; adjudicate in cases of merchants cheating
customers; deal with cases of missing persons; and control
political militants. He also looks at their frequent encounters
while policing outsiders, such as itinerant workers, beggars, bands
of traveling thieves, prostitutes, and abandoned children. Based on
a wealth of primary research from over seventy archives, Merriman
offers an evocative Tour de France seen through the eyes of
provincial policemen and the people they encountered on their
rounds.
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