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Becoming New York's Finest: Race, Gender, and the Integration of the NYPD, 1935-1980 A. Darien
Becoming New York's Finest: Race, Gender, and the Integration of the NYPD, 1935-1980
A. Darien
After excluding women and African Americans from its ranks for most of its history, the New York City Police Department undertook an aggressive campaign of integration following World War II. This is the first comprehensive account of how and why the NYPD came to see integration as a highly coveted political tool, indispensable to policing.
300 pages, 21 black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 17, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9781137321930 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 279 |
| Dimensions | 139 × 223 × 21 mm · 478 g |