Julian Go is Professor of Sociology and Faculty Affiliate of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture and the Committee on International Relations at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory (Oxford, 2016). He is the winner of Lewis A. Coser Award for Theoretical Agenda Setting in Sociology given by the American Sociological Association and former President of the Social Science History Association.

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroduction: A Civil Police?The Coloniality of Policing1. The Birth of the Civil Police in London, 18292. Cotton Colonialism and the New Police in the US and England, 1830s-1850sThe New Imperialism at Home3. Police "Reform" and the Colonial Boomerang in the US, 1890s-1930s 4. "Our Problems...are not so Difficult": Militarization and its Limits in Britain, 1850s-1910sInformal Empire and Urban Insurgency5. Tactical Imperialism in the US, 1950s-1970s6. Cycles of Policing & Insurgency in Britain, 1960s-1980sConclusion: Policing Beyond Empire?BibliographyIndex

“Meticulously researched, deftly argued, and beautifully written-Go unearths the transnational roots and imperial seeds of today's brutal police policies and culture. As we learn, the racist patrol practices, automatic weaponry, and armored vehicles that dominate the streets of Ferguson and London are not a deviation from policing's original ethos, but a perfection of counter-insurgency tactics hatched in colonial Manila and Madras. One of the best books on law enforcement in decades, Go has shifted the way we will think about policing, justice, and resistance for years to come.” Forrest Stuart, author of Down, Out, and Under Arrest