{"product_id":"the-policing-of-belfast-1870-1914-mark-radford-9781472513168","title":"The Policing of Belfast 1870-1914","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Policing of Belfast, 1870-1914\u003c\/i\u003e examines the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) in late Victorian Belfast in order to see how a semi-military, largely rural constabulary adapted to the problems that a city posed. Mark Radford explores whether the RIC, as the most public face of British government, was successful in controlling a recalcitrant Irish urban populace. This examination of the contrast in styles between urban and rural policing and semi-rural and civil constabulary offers an important insight into the social, political and military history of Ireland at the turn of the twentieth century. The book concludes by showing how governmental neglect of the force and its failure to comprehensively address the issues of pay and conditions of service ultimately led to crisis in the RIC.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Radford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472513169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472513168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Mark Radford","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425273692415,"sku":"9781472513168","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c23b6125-d270-43b4-8c97-377a99feaa5d.jpg?v=1761538128","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-policing-of-belfast-1870-1914-mark-radford-9781472513168","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}