An edition of Inventing the Pinkertons, or, Spies, sleuths, mercenaries, and thugs
(2016)
Inventing the Pinkertons, or, Spies, sleuths, mercenaries, and thugs
being a story of the nation's most famous (and infamous) detective agency
by S. Paul O'Hara
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"O'Hara argues that American capitalists used the Pinkertons to enforce new structures of economic and political order. Yet the infamy of the Pinkerton agent also gave critics and working communities a villain against which to frame their resistance to the new industrial order. Ultimately, [this book examines] how the histories of American capitalism, industrial folklore, and the nation-state converged"--
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Inventing the Pinkertons, or, Spies, sleuths, mercenaries, and thugs: being a story of the nation's most famous (and infamous) detective agency
2016, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English
1421420562 9781421420561
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Inventing the Pinkertons; or, Spies, Sleuths, Mercenaries, and Thugs: Being a Story of the Nation's Most Famous Detective Agency
2016, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English
1421420570 9781421420578
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Table of Contents
Introduction. Pinkerton's National Detective Agency, or heroes and villains of the Gilded Age
Chapter one. In which Allan Pinkerton created his agency
Chapter two. In which Pinkerton men become the antiheroes of the middle west
Chapter three. In which Pinkerton agents infiltrate secret societies
Chapter four. In which the Pinks serve as a private army for capital
Chapter five. In which Pinkerton myrmidons invade Homestead
Chapter six. In which the disgrace of Pinkertonism is subjected to public scrutiny
Chapter seven. In which the frontier closes and Pinkerton practices are exposed
Chapter eight. In which the modern state takes on the duties of the Pinkerton agency
Conclusion. Pinkerton's Inc.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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