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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791194603321

Autore

Kitson Simon

Titolo

Police and politics in Marseille, 1936-1945 / / by Simon Kitson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-26523-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Collana

History of Warfare, , 1385-7827 ; ; Volume 95

Disciplina

363.209449/1209044

Soggetti

Police - France - Marseille - History - 20th century

Police - Political activity - France - Marseille - History - 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 - France - Marseille

France Politics and government 1940-1945

Marseille (France) Politics and government 20th century

Marseille (France) History, Military 20th century

Marseille (France) Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1. From Hope to Disappointment -- 2. Marseille Chicago -- 3. Enthusiasm and Co-operation -- 4. Policing Opposition -- 5. Anti-Semitic Policing -- 6. The Hunt for German Spies -- 7. Ripping the Heart out of Marseille -- 8. Disaffection and Unreliability -- 9. The New Slave Trade -- 10. New Rivals -- 11. Towards Liberation -- 12. A New Police for a New France? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Simon Kitson's Police and Politics in Marseille, 1936-1945 offers a ’history from below’ analysis of the attitude of the Marseille Police between the Popular Front and the Liberation of France. Kitson highlights the specificities of policing France’s largest port: clientelism, corruption, a floating population and high levels of criminality, including organised crime. But he also demonstrates why many of his conclusions about Police attitude can be generalised to other parts of France and, in so doing, challenges many of the assumptions of the existing historiography. Although they zealously hunted down Jews and



communists, the Police were not as reliable for the Vichy government as is commonly assumed and were, undoubtedly, far more involved in Resistance than most sectors of society.