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Tables of Contents for Policing Provincial England, 1829-1856
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Tables
vi
Acknowledgements
vii
Abbreviations
ix
Introduction: `A Well-organized Police Establishment': Politics and the Transition to a Policed Rural Society
1
10
`The Wreck Only of an Ancient System'? The Old Provincial Constabulary on the Eve of Reform
11
25
The Gentry and Law Enforcement in the Countryside: Changing Views, 1820--35
36
22
Metropolitan Perspectives: Ministers, MPs and Moral Entrepreneurs
58
26
Provincial Policing Initiatives: The County, the Parish and the Union
84
27
Anatomy of an Early Victorian Royal Commission: The Constabulary Force Commission, 1836--9
111
25
The County Police Acts (1839--40) and Their Reception: Issues and Outcomes
136
31
The Rhetoric of Police Reform: The Quarter Sessions Debates of 1839--41
167
42
Epilogue, 1840--56: `One System Alone of Rural Police'
209
27
Appendices
236
9
Bibliographical Notes
245
6
Notes and References
251
87
Index
338