About the book
A surprising history unfolded in New Deal– and World War II–era New York City under Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. Throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, members of the NYPD had worked to enforce partisan political power rather than focus on crime. That changed when La Guardia took office in 1934 and shifted the city’s priorities toward liberal reform. La Guardia’s approach to low-level policing anticipated later trends in law enforcement, including “broken windows” theory and “stop and frisk” policy. Police officers worked to preserve urban order by controlling vice, including juvenile delinquency, prostitution, gambling, and the “disorderly” establishments that officials believed housed these activities.
This mode of policing was central to La Guardia’s influential vision of urban governance, but it was met with resistance from the Black New Yorkers, youth, and working-class women it primarily targeted. The mobilization for World War II introduced new opportunities for the NYPD to intensify policing and criminalize these groups with federal support. In the 1930s these communities were framed as perils to urban order; during the militarized war years, they became a supposed threat to national security itself. Emily M. Brooks recasts the evolution of urban policing by revealing that the rise of law-and-order liberalism was inseparable from the surveillance, militarism, and nationalism of war.
Editions of Gotham’s War within a War
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781469676586
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781469676593
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469676616
- EBook
- ISBN 9781469676609
- EBook
- ISBN 9798890861405
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890861399
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A surprising history unfolded in New Deal– and World War II–era New York City under Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. Throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, members of the NYPD had worked to enforce partisan political power rather than focus on crime. That changed when La Guardia took office in 1934 and shifted the city’s priorities toward liberal reform. La Guardia’s approach to low-level policing anticipated later trends in law enforcement, including “broken windows” theory and “stop and frisk” policy. Police officers worked to preserve urban order by controlling vice, including juvenile delinquency, prostitution, gambling, and the “disorderly” establishments that officials believed housed these activities.
This mode of policing was central to La Guardia’s influential vision of urban governance, but it was met with resistance from the Black New Yorkers, youth, and working-class women it primarily targeted. The mobilization for World War II introduced new opportunities for the NYPD to intensify policing and criminalize these groups with federal support. In the 1930s these communities were framed as perils to urban order; during the militarized war years, they became a supposed threat to national security itself. Emily M. Brooks recasts the evolution of urban policing by revealing that the rise of law-and-order liberalism was inseparable from the surveillance, militarism, and nationalism of war.
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A surprising history unfolded in New Deal– and World War II–era New York City under Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. Throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, members of the NYPD had worked to enforce partisan political power rather than focus on crime. That changed when La Guardia took office in 1934 and shifted the city’s priorities toward liberal reform. La Guardia’s approach to low-level policing anticipated later trends in law enforcement, including “broken windows” theory and “stop and frisk” policy. Police officers worked to preserve urban order by controlling vice, including juvenile delinquency, prostitution, gambling, and the “disorderly” establishments that officials believed housed these activities.
This mode of policing was central to La Guardia’s influential vision of urban governance, but it was met with resistance from the Black New Yorkers, youth, and working-class women it primarily targeted. The mobilization for World War II introduced new opportunities for the NYPD to intensify policing and criminalize these groups with federal support. In the 1930s these communities were framed as perils to urban order; during the militarized war years, they became a supposed threat to national security itself. Emily M. Brooks recasts the evolution of urban policing by revealing that the rise of law-and-order liberalism was inseparable from the surveillance, militarism, and nationalism of war.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Gotham’s War within a War?
History and Archaeology > History > History of the Americas
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How long is Gotham’s War within a War and how many pages does it have?
Gotham’s War within a War has 258 page(s)
Is Gotham’s War within a War part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Justice, Power, and Politics
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Gotham’s War within a War?
Emily Brooks
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Gotham’s War within a War is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781469676586) and paperback(ISBN 9781469676593) and ebook(ISBN 9781469676616) and ebook(ISBN 9781469676609) and ebook(ISBN 9798890861405) and pdf(ISBN 9798890861399)
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