The North-West Mounted Police and Law Enforcement, 1873–1905 /

The North-West Mounted Police and Law Enforcement, 1873–1905 / / Rod Macleod.

The North-West Mounted Police were cerated in 1873 specifically to ensure that Canadian administration and settlement of the newly acquired North-West Territories were carried out in a peaceful and orderly manner. They did so with a remarkable degree of success. Contacts between the white and Indian...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Macleod, Rod,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1976
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • PART I. THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE 1873-1905
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The origins of the NWMP
  • 3. The benevolent despotism of the NWMP 1874-1885
  • 4. The organization man: Commissioner L.W. Herchmer's reforms
  • 5. Commissioner A. Bowen Perry and the survival of the NWMP 1900-5
  • PART II. SPECIFIC PROBLEMS AND RESPONSES
  • 6. 'The feelings and manners of a gentleman': Social class in the NWMP
  • 7. Patronage and public service: The NWMP and politics
  • 8. The military tradition in the NWMP
  • 9. Crime and criminals in the N orth~West Territories 1873-1905
  • 10. The enforcement of the liquor laws: The identity crisis of the NWMP
  • 11. The NWMP and minority groups
  • 12. Conclusion: An idea whose time had come
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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