RT Book
T1 The notorious georges: crime and community in British Columbia's northern interior, 1905-25
T2 Law and Society
A1 Swainger, Jonathan Scott 1962-
LA English
PP Vancouver
PB UBC Press
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1861104073
AB The Notorious Georges is an engaging exploration of the alchemy of community identity and reputation in Prince George, BC, once branded Canada s most-dangerous city
AB "Boozy and boisterous. The Georges--the communities of South Fort George and Fort George that ultimately became Prince George--have had a seedy reputation since before the First World War, branded Canada's "most dangerous city" more than once. Is Prince George really such a bad lad? The Notorious Georges takes another look, exploring how the local pursuit of respectability collided with caricatures of a riotously ill-mannered settlement frontier in its early years. Anxious that the Georges were being overlooked by the provincial government and venture capitalists, municipal leaders blamed Indigenous and mixed-heritage people, non-preferred immigrants, and transient laborers for local crime. Jonathan Swainger combs through police and legal records, government publications, and media commentary to demonstrate that the reputation was not only exaggerated but also unfair. Repeatedly cast as the bad apple, there was actually little to distinguish the Georges from the rest of a province that was admittedly a truculent place before the 1930s. And "respectable" white residents were responsible for the lion's share of the disorder. This lively account ultimately tells us about more than a particular community's identity. It also sheds light on small-town disaffection and unease with a diminished place in modern Canada."--
CN HV6197.C32
SN 9780774869416
K1 1900-1999
K1 Crime and race : British Columbia : Prince George : History : 20th century
K1 Crime : British Columbia : Prince George : History : 20th century
K1 Police : British Columbia : Prince George : History : 20th century
K1 Criminal Law : British Columbia : Prince George : History : 20th century
K1 Group Identity : British Columbia : Prince George : History : 20th century
K1 Assassination : British Columbia : Prince George : History : 20th century
K1 Amerikanische Geschichte
K1 Crime & criminology
K1 HIS006050
K1 HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)
K1 HISTORY / Social History
K1 History of the Americas
K1 Social Science / Criminology
K1 Social & Cultural History
K1 Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte
K1 Verbrechen und Kriminologie (Kriminalistik)
K1 Criminalité et race - Colombie-Britannique - Prince George - Histoire - 20e siècle
K1 Assassinat - Colombie-Britannique - Prince George - Histoire - 20e siècle
K1 Police - Colombie-Britannique - Prince George - Histoire - 20e siècle
K1 Droit pénal - Colombie-Britannique - Prince George - Histoire - 20e siècle
K1 Identité collective - Colombie-Britannique - Prince George - Histoire - 20e siècle
K1 Crime and race
K1 Criminal Law
K1 Group Identity
K1 Police
K1 History
K1 Prince George (B.C.) : History : 20th century
K1 Canada
K1 Kanada
K1 Prince George (C.-B.) - Histoire - 20e siècle
K1 British Columbia - Prince George
K1 Prince George : Rassismus : Verbrechen : Geschichte 1909-1925