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  1. 1. The Molly Maguires and the Detectives. : An analysis of the relationship between the use of undercover policingand violent labor conflict.

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Författare :Constantin Torve; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Molly Maguires; Pinkertons; criminological history; labor unions; policing; Irish diaspora; migration; Pennsylvania;

    Sammanfattning : This paper evaluates the role of private policing in the patterns of violence that were prevalent in the mining regions of eastern Pennsylvania during the 1860s and 1870s, and which were attributed to an Irish secret society called the “Molly Maguires”. This topic has long been subject to academic and political controversy, and the use of agent provocateur tactics by the Pinkerton agency has been strongly suggested, but never conclusively proven. LÄS MER