Notorious Georges

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

AvJonathan Swainger

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

Boozy and boisterous. The Georges – the communities of South Fort George and Fort George that ultimately became Prince George – acquired a seedy reputation for a century, at times branded the dubious title of Canada's "most dangerous city." Is Prince George really such a bad lad?The Notorious Georges explores how the pursuit of respectability collided with caricatures of a riotous settlement frontier in its early years. Anxious about being marginalized by the provincial government and venture capitalists, municipal leaders blamed Indigenous and mixed-heritage people, non-preferred immigrants, and transient labourers for local crime. Jonathan Swainger combs through police and legal records, government publications, and media commentary to demonstrate that the disorder was not so different from the rest of the province – and "respectable" white residents were often to blame.This lively account tells us about more than a particular community's identity. It also sheds light on small-town disaffection in modern Canada.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-10-15
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:490 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Law and Society
Antal sidor:278
Förlag:University of British Columbia Press
ISBN:9780774869416
Utmärkelser:Commended for Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing, BC Historical Federation 2024 (Canada)

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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.

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"Swainger writes for a broad audience, seeking readers not just in academia, but also those generally interested in local, BC, crime, or policing history."(British Columbia History.) "[… The Notorious Georges] tell an important story about British Columbian settler culture and racialized communities."- John Douglas Belshaw, Thompson Rivers University (BC Studies) "It's quite a story and quite a complicated one. Dr. Swainger has done a masterful job organizing a mountain of material into a coherent and very interesting saga"- Steven Brown (The BC Review)

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Anxious at the Very Gates of Hell1 Establishing the Georges and the Birth of a Bad Reputation2 The British Columbia Provincial Police, Regulatory Policing, and Keeping the Peace3 City Governance and the Prince George City Police4 Holding Court in the Georges5 Sensations, Front-Page Crime, and Community IdentityEpilogue: That Prince George BusinessNotes; Bibliography; Index