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082 0 4 _a363.209764
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aCrouch, Barry A.
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Governor's Hounds :
_bThe Texas State Police, 1870–1873 /
_cBarry A. Crouch, Donaly E. Brice.
264 1 _aAustin :
_bUniversity of Texas Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©2011
300 _a1 online resource (326 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aJack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIntroduction --
_t1 Murder an inalienable state right --
_t2 An “Untiring Enemy to All Evil-Doers”the formation of the state police --
_t3 “An Affair Only Equalled by the Exploits of the Comanches" The hill county imbroglio --
_t4 “The Dark Recesses of Their Hearts” The state police and martial law in walker county --
_t5 A Shamelessly Disloyal Community: The state police and limestone / freestone counties --
_t6 The Job Is Relentless: State Policemen in Action --
_t7 Lampasas: The Death of the State Police --
_tEpilogue --
_tAbbreviation< --
_tNotes --
_tEssay on sources --
_tAppendix: Roster of the State Police --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aIn the tumultuous years following the Civil War, violence and lawlessness plagued the state of Texas, often overwhelming the ability of local law enforcement to maintain order. In response, Reconstruction-era governor Edmund J. Davis created a statewide police force that could be mobilized whenever and wherever local authorities were unable or unwilling to control lawlessness. During its three years (1870–1873) of existence, however, the Texas State Police was reviled as an arm of the Radical Republican party and widely condemned for being oppressive, arrogant, staffed with criminals and African Americans, and expensive to maintain, as well as for enforcing the new and unpopular laws that protected the rights of freed slaves. Drawing extensively on the wealth of previously untouched records in the Texas State Archives, as well as other contemporary sources, Barry A. Crouch and Donaly E. Brice here offer the first major objective assessment of the Texas State Police and its role in maintaining law and order in Reconstruction Texas. Examining the activities of the force throughout its tenure and across the state, the authors find that the Texas State Police actually did much to solve the problem of violence in a largely lawless state. While acknowledging that much of the criticism the agency received was merited, the authors make a convincing case that the state police performed many of the same duties that the Texas Rangers later assumed and fulfilled the same need for a mobile, statewide law enforcement agency.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022)
650 7 _aHISTORY / General.
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700 1 _aBrice, Donaly E.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7560/726796
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292735385
856 4 2 _3Cover
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