The Ascent of the Detective Police Sleuths in Victorian and Edwardian England 1st Edition by Haia Shpayer Makov 0191617962 9780191617966

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ISBN 10: 0191617962

ISBN 13: 9780191617966

Author: Haia Shpayer-Makov

The figure of the detective has long excited the imagination of the wider public, and the English police detective has been a special focus of attention in both print and visual media. Yet, while much has been written in the last three decades about the history of uniformed policemen in England, no similar work has focused on police detectives. The Ascent of the Detective redresses this by exploring the diverse and often arcane world of English police detectives during the formative period of their profession, from 1842 until the First World War, with special emphasis on the famed detective branch established at Scotland Yard. The book starts by illuminating the detectives’ socioeconomic background, how and why they became detectives, their working conditions, the differences between them and uniformed policemen, and their relations with the wider community. It then goes on to trace the factors that shaped their changing public image, from the embodiment of ‘un-English’ values to plebeian knights in armour, investigating the complex and symbiotic exchange between detectives and journalists, and analysing their image as it unfolded in the press, in literature, and in their own memoirs.

The Ascent of the Detective Police Sleuths in Victorian and Edwardian England 1st Table of contents:

Part One. The Detective in his Work Milieu

1. Police Detection in England: Eighteenth Century–First World War

2. From Bobby to Detective

3. The Detective as Wage-Earner and Official Crime Fighter

Part Two. Detectives and the Print Media

Introduction

4. The Uniquely Symbiotic Relationship Between Detectives and Journalists

5. The Changing Image of Police Detectives in the Press

6. Police Detectives in Fiction

7. Police Detectives as Authors

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