Matthew Guariglia

Police and the Empire City: Race and the Origins of Modern Policing in New York -- Matthew Guariglia, Paperback

$27.95 $20.99 Sale
Shipping calculated at checkout.
177 in stock, ready to ship
During the years between the Civil War and World War II, police in New York City struggled with how to control a diverse metropolis. In Police and the Empire City Matthew Guariglia tells the history of the New York Police Department to show how its origins were built upon and inseparably entwined with the history of race, ethnicity, and whiteness in the United States. Guariglia explores the New York City Police Department through its periods of experimentation and violence as police experts imported tactics from the US occupation of the Philippines and Cuba, devised modern bureaucratic techniques to better suppress Black communities, and infiltrated supposedly unknowable immigrant neighborhoods. Innovations ranging from recruiting Chinese, Italian, and German police to form "ethnic squads" to the use of deportation and federal immigration restrictions to control local crime--even the introduction of fingerprinting--were motivated by attempts to govern a multiracial city. Campaigns to remake the police department created an urban landscape where power, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, crime, and bodies collided and provided a foundation for the supposedly color-blind, technocratic, federally backed, and surveillance-based policing of today.

Author: Matthew Guariglia
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 11/17/2023
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d
ISBN: 9781478025405

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/11/2023

Product Tags:

Criminology, Duke University Press, History, History - U.S., Matthew Guariglia, New York (N.Y.) - History, Paperback, Social Science, Sociology, United States, Urban

Find your next favorite

Welcome to Book & Mortar

Explore our extensive collection of contemporary and classic books. From the latest bestsellers to hidden gems, we have something for every book lover. Dive into the world of literature with our curated selection, and let your reading adventure begin.

Contact form

Fill this out if you need to get in touch with me!