The Steffens, Lincoln 1866-1936 creator text utu 2017 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Shame of the Cities" by Lincoln Steffens is a collection of articles published in 1904. Originally written for McClure's Magazine, this pioneering work of muckraking journalism exposes corrupt political machines operating in major American cities. Rather than simply revealing scandals, Steffens challenges citizens to confront their own complicity in allowing corruption to flourish. Through investigations in St. Louis, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia, he explores how business interests and public apathy enable systematic political corruption. The work questions whether government reform alone can solve deeply rooted civic problems. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shame_of_the_Cities Release date is 2017-05-12 Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Original publication data not identified Political corruption -- United States Municipal government -- United States JS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54710 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54710 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134248.0 54710