Jonathan Swainger

The Notorious Georges

Crime and Community in British Columbia's Northern Interior, 1905-25

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Produktbeschreibung

The Notorious Georges is an engaging exploration of the alchemy of community identity and reputation in Prince George, BC, once branded Canada's most-dangerous city.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of British Columbia Press
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780774869416
• ISBN-10: 0774869410
• Artikelnr.: 68316650

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Swainger was the first academic hire at the University of Northern British Columbia and has spent his career at the campuses in Terrace, Fort St. John, and Prince George. One of the university's founding mandates was to produce the histories of northern British Columbia and, in that vein, he has published articles on the Peace River region and on a post-Second World War juvenile delinquency panic in Prince George, as well as Aspiration: A History of the University of Northern British Columbia, a book-length account of the university that won the Jeanne Clarke local history award in 2017.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Anxious at the Very Gates of Hell
1 Establishing the Georges and the Birth of a Bad Reputation
2 The British Columbia Provincial Police, Regulatory Policing, and Keeping
the Peace
3 City Governance and the Prince George City Police
4 Holding Court in the Georges
5 Sensations, Front-Page Crime, and Community Identity
Epilogue: That Prince George Business
Notes; Bibliography; Index