Book contents
- A History of American Crime Fiction
- A History of American Crime Fiction
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Early American Era
- Part II Romantic Era
- Part III Realist Era
- Chapter 7 The Rise of the Professional Detective and the Dime Detective
- Chapter 8 Home and Away
- Chapter 9 The Rise of the American Woman Detective
- Chapter 10 Crime, Science, Realism
- Part IV Modernist Era
- Part V Postmodernist Era
- Index
- References
Chapter 7 - The Rise of the Professional Detective and the Dime Detective
from Part III - Realist Era
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Book contents
- A History of American Crime Fiction
- A History of American Crime Fiction
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Early American Era
- Part II Romantic Era
- Part III Realist Era
- Chapter 7 The Rise of the Professional Detective and the Dime Detective
- Chapter 8 Home and Away
- Chapter 9 The Rise of the American Woman Detective
- Chapter 10 Crime, Science, Realism
- Part IV Modernist Era
- Part V Postmodernist Era
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- A History of American Crime Fiction , pp. 97 - 109Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
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