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New York Undercover
Jennifer Fronc
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Description for New York Undercover
Hardback. To combat behavior they viewed as sexually promiscuous, politically undesirable, or downright criminal, social activists in Progressive-era New York employed private investigators to uncover the roots of society's problems. This title reveals the central role of undercover investigation in social change and the constitution of political authority. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; KNSS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
To combat behavior they viewed as sexually promiscuous, politically undesirable, or downright criminal, social activists in Progressive-era New York employed private investigators to uncover the roots of society's problems. "New York Undercover" follows these investigators - often journalists or social workers with no training in surveillance - on their information-gathering visits to gambling parlors, brothels, and meetings of criminal gangs and radical political organizations. Drawing on the hundreds of detailed reports that resulted from these missions, Jennifer Fronc reconstructs the process by which organizations like the National Civic Federation and the Committee of Fourteen generated the knowledge they needed to ... Read more
To combat behavior they viewed as sexually promiscuous, politically undesirable, or downright criminal, social activists in Progressive-era New York employed private investigators to uncover the roots of society's problems. "New York Undercover" follows these investigators - often journalists or social workers with no training in surveillance - on their information-gathering visits to gambling parlors, brothels, and meetings of criminal gangs and radical political organizations. Drawing on the hundreds of detailed reports that resulted from these missions, Jennifer Fronc reconstructs the process by which organizations like the National Civic Federation and the Committee of Fourteen generated the knowledge they needed to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Historical Studies of Urban America
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226266091
SKU
V9780226266091
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About Jennifer Fronc
Jennifer Fronc is assistant professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Reviews for New York Undercover
"This impressively researched book makes an important contribution to a wide range of central themes in modern American history, including the growth of state power and the policing of class, race, and gender relations. In this age of terrorism, 'homeland security' initiatives, the expanded use of wiretapping and other forms of surveillance, and a new debate about the relationship between ... Read more