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1 online resource (293 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This book is a new scholarly edition of Lincoln Steffens' classic, "muck-raking" account of Gilded Age corruption in America. It provides the broader political background, theoretical and historical context needed to better understand the social and political roots of corruption in general terms: the social and moral nature of corruption and reform. Steffens enjoyed the support of a multitude of journalists with first-hand knowledge of their localities. He interviewed and came to know political bosses, crusading district attorneys and indicted corruptionists spanning a cast of hundreds. He a |
| Contents |
Preface -- Steffens, the cities, Gilded Age corruption and reform -- [annotated text of] The shame of the cities -- A Gilded Age-Progressive Era chronology. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936. Shame of the cities.
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Political corruption -- United States -- History.
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Political corruption. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Municipal government -- United States -- History.
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Municipal government. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Callaway, H. G. (Howard G.), editor, writer of introduction, writer of added commentary.
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| Added Title |
Shame of the cities |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Callaway, H.G. Lincoln Steffens's the Shame of the Cities, and the Philosophy of Corruption and Reform. Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, ©2020 9781527542273 |
| ISBN |
9781527542679 (electronic book) |
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152754267X (electronic book) |
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1527542270 |
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9781527542273 |
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