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A history of the Dublin Metropolitan Police and its colonial legacy / Anastasia Dukova.

First edition.

9781137555823 (electronic book)
1137555823 (electronic book)
9781137555816
1137555815

London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]

English

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10.1057/978-1-137-55582-3 doi

HV8198.A2 D83 2016

363.20941835

This book illuminates the neglected history of the Dublin Metropolitan Police - a history that has been long overshadowed by existing historiography, which has traditionally been preoccupied with the more radical aspects of Irish history. It explores the origins of the institution and highlights the Dublin Metropolitan Police's profound influence on the colonial forces, as its legacy reached some of the furthest outposts of the British Empire. In doing so Anastasia Dukova provides much needed nuance and complexity to our understanding of Ireland as a whole, and Dublin in particular, demonstrating that it was far more than a lawless place ravaged by political and sectarian violence. Simultaneously, the book tells the story of the bobby on the beat, the policeman who made the organisation; his work and day, the conditions of service and how they affected or bettered his lot at home and abroad.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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