03521nam 2200697 450 991080698250332120200903223051.090-04-26523-610.1163/9789004265233(CKB)2550000001306793(EBL)1693664(SSID)ssj0001194415(PQKBManifestationID)11637522(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001194415(PQKBWorkID)11151499(PQKB)10514737(MiAaPQ)EBC1693664(nllekb)BRILL9789004265233(Au-PeEL)EBL1693664(CaPaEBR)ebr10873778(CaONFJC)MIL612109(OCoLC)880531555(PPN)178907669(EXLCZ)99255000000130679320140602h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPolice and politics in Marseille, 1936-1945 /by Simon KitsonLeiden, Netherlands :Brill,2014.©20141 online resource (326 p.)History of Warfare,1385-7827 ;Volume 95Description based upon print version of record.90-04-24835-8 1-306-80858-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.History of warfare ;Volume 95.PoliceFranceMarseilleHistory20th centuryPolicePolitical activityFranceMarseilleHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945FranceMarseilleFrancePolitics and government1940-1945Marseille (France)Politics and government20th centuryMarseille (France)History, Military20th centuryMarseille (France)Social conditions20th centuryPoliceHistoryPolicePolitical activityHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945363.209449/1209044Kitson Simon1651900MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806982503321Police and politics in Marseille, 1936-19454002172UNINA