Policing the Progressive City - Kristian Williams

This is a story of Portland, Oregon, from an outpost of the Hudson's Bay Company, through its founding as a city and the long and lively twentieth century shaped by organized crime, labor unrest, and waves of migration. But more so, this is a story of how over the course of nearly 200 years, the city has pursued 'law and order' under the influence of business interests, political climbers, and social campaigners. By maintaining the Portland Police Bureau, a body that has time and again proved a law... Zobrazit více