Policing the Open Road
Policing the Open Road A Smithsonian Best History Book of the YearWinner of the Littleton-Griswold PrizeWinner of the Ralph Waldo Emerson AwardWinner of the Order of the Coif AwardWinner of the…
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Policing the Open Road
A Smithsonian Best History Book of the YearWinner of the Littleton-Griswold PrizeWinner of the Ralph Waldo Emerson AwardWinner of the Order of the Coif AwardWinner of the Sidney M. Langum Sr. Edelstein PrizeWinner of the David J.
Yet nowhere are we more likely to encounter the long arm of the law than in our cars. Prize in American Legal HistoryWinner of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Book Prize "From traffic stops to parking tickets, Seo traces the history of cars alongside the history of crime and discovers that the two are inextricably linked." --SmithsonianWhen Americans think of freedom, they often picture the open road. Sarah Seo reveals how the rise of the automobile led us to accept--and expect--pervasive police power, a radical transformation with far-reaching consequences.Before