Title Bar wars : contesting the night in contemporary British cities / Phil Hadfield

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 326 pages) Series Clarendon studies in criminology Clarendon studies in criminology. Contents The uses of darkness -- Paradise lost -- Behind bars -- Contesting public space -- The combatants -- Rose-coloured spectacles versus the prophecies of doom (the shaping of trial discourse) -- Notes from the frontline -- Contesting the night -- Shadowing the night people Summary Located within a long tradition of urban ethnography, this book offers analyses of social control in bars and clubs, courtroom battles between local communities and the drinks industry, and street-level policing. It is useful for those wishing to understand the governance of crime and social order in contemporary cities Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-316) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Sociology, Urban -- Great Britain Central business districts -- Great Britain Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain Public spaces -- Great Britain Night people -- Great Britain Night people Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Law and legislation Central business districts Manners and customs Public spaces Sociology, Urban Stadt Nachtleben Alkoholkonsum SUBJECT Great Britain -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056946 Subject Great Britain Großbritannien Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191700866 019170086X

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