A Christmas Eve Murder and the Notorious Georges: Community Identity in Northern British Columbia, 1913/14

IF 0.8 3区 社会学 Q1 HISTORY
Jonathan Swainger
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Abstract

Based upon archival and newspaper sources, this article explores the relationship between the notoriety of South Fort George, Fort George, and Prince George (the Georges) in British Columbia's northern interior, and the sense of self and place for residents on the eve of World War I. The investigation of Harry Porters’ Christmas Eve murder glimpses gender, class, and ethnic sensibilities linking the region with the rest of the province and nation, along with the British Columbia Provincial Police force's reliance on peace keeping in an era that was beginning to reassess what professional policing might entail. The result demonstrates that while the Georges imagined themselves as resting on the periphery of the white settlement frontier, the evidence indicates that in seeking acceptance by opinion leaders elsewhere in the nation, locally self-identified respectable people eagerly embraced the norms of post-Edwardian Canada. That the Georges tawdry reputation persists into the early twenty-first century suggests that the resilience of this notoriety reflects forces at play well-beyond British Columbia's northern interior. Framed in this fashion, the Christmas Eve murder sheds light on the legacies of reputation on the white settlement frontier, the influence of gender, class, and ethnicity in the construction of crime, and the evolution of professional policing.
圣诞夜谋杀案和臭名昭著的乔治家族:1913/14 年不列颠哥伦比亚省北部的社区认同
本文以档案和报纸资料为基础,探讨了不列颠哥伦比亚省北部内陆地区南乔治堡、乔治堡和乔治王子城(乔治城)的恶名与第一次世界大战前夕居民的自我意识和地方意识之间的关系。通过对哈里-波特尔圣诞夜谋杀案的调查,我们看到了将该地区与全省和全国其他地区联系在一起的性别、阶级和种族意识,以及不列颠哥伦比亚省警察部队在一个开始重新评估专业警务的时代对维持和平的依赖。研究结果表明,虽然乔治人认为自己处于白人定居边疆的边缘,但有证据表明,为了寻求全国其他地方舆论领袖的认可,当地自认为体面的人们急切地接受了后爱德华时代加拿大的规范。乔治家族的恶名一直延续到二十一世纪初,这表明这种恶名的顽强生命力反映了不列颠哥伦比亚省北部内陆地区以外的各种力量。通过这种方式,圣诞夜谋杀案揭示了白人定居边疆地区的声誉遗产,性别、阶级和种族在犯罪构成中的影响,以及专业警务的演变。
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CiteScore
1.10
自引率
12.50%
发文量
42
期刊介绍: Law and History Review (LHR), America"s leading legal history journal, encompasses American, European, and ancient legal history issues. The journal"s purpose is to further research in the fields of the social history of law and the history of legal ideas and institutions. LHR features articles, essays, commentaries by international authorities, and reviews of important books on legal history. American Society for Legal History
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