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Autore |
Kitson Simon |
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Titolo |
Police and politics in Marseille, 1936-1945 / / by Simon Kitson |
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Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (326 p.) |
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Collana |
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History of Warfare, , 1385-7827 ; ; Volume 95 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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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. |
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