Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; INTRODUCTION; 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; CONCLUSION; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L
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Summary
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 theformative period of their profession, from 1842 until the First World War, with special emphasis on the famed detective bra
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-414) and index
