Gendarmes and the State in Nineteenth-Century Europe
«This remarkable book is the fruit of extensive research in French, German, Italian and Austrian archives ... Thanks to its superb scholarship and graceful style, Emsley's book will be read for decades.»
Choice
The history of policing has been the subject of much interest and research. This text provides an academic exploration of the origins and development of the role of soldier-policemen - the gendarmeries of 19th-century Europe - examining how and why the model came to be exported from France. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780198207986
- Utgivelsesår
- 1999
- Format
- 22 x 15 cm
Anmeldelser
«This remarkable book is the fruit of extensive research in French, German, Italian and Austrian archives ... Thanks to its superb scholarship and graceful style, Emsley's book will be read for decades.»
Choice
«... a superb synthesis of research and analysis.»
H-France Book Reviews
«... [Emsley's] compendious survey affords engaging glimpses of a small force that has had broad effects.»
Eugen Webber, Times Literary Supplement