Project Gutenberg 2017-05-12 Public domain in the USA. 1312 Steffens, Lincoln 1866 1936 Steffens, Joseph Lincoln Steffens, J. Lincoln (Joseph Lincoln) Steffens, L. (Lincoln) The Shame of the Cities Reading ease score: 69.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. 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) "The Shame of the Cities" by Lincoln Steffens is a collection of journalistic articles written in the early 20th century. The work is a critical examination of urban corruption in various American cities, including St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Philadelphia, aimed at inciting civic pride in an otherwise shameless citizenry. Through his investigative reports, Steffens seeks to reveal the moral weaknesses underlying the pervasive graft and misgovernment, highlighting the complicity of ordinary citizens in their own political failures. At the start of the book, Steffens introduces the broader theme of urban corruption and its roots in the character of American citizens. He presents case studies from different cities, beginning with St. Louis, where a lone district attorney, Joseph W. Folk, takes a stand against corruption, exposing the interconnectedness between financial greed and political misconduct. The narrative explores how the once-proud city has devolved into a haven of graft, reflecting widespread public apathy and complicity. Throughout, Steffens lays bare the complicity of citizens—suggesting that the true source of corruption lies not only in the politicians but in the very fabric of civic life itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Political corruption -- United States Municipal government -- United States JS Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics 437272 437274 2024-09-22T15:03:53.771546 2023-09-23T13:01:19.431080 text/html text/html 434308 2017-05-11T17:01:38 text/html; charset=utf-8 537482 2017-05-11T17:01:38 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 591542 2024-09-22T15:03:59.637520 application/epub+zip 590058 2024-09-22T15:03:54.880557 application/epub+zip 216904 2024-09-22T15:03:54.347550 application/epub+zip 687368 2024-09-22T15:04:03.486509 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 660478 2024-09-22T15:03:58.975561 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288682 2022-09-24T22:49:51.921766 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398727 398535 2024-09-22T15:03:53.251574 2023-09-23T13:01:18.928070 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 398903 2017-05-11T17:01:34 text/plain; charset=utf-8 149415 2017-05-11T17:01:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18277 2024-09-22T15:04:03.617695 application/rdf+xml 11967 2024-09-22T15:03:54.414541 image/jpeg 2214 2024-09-22T15:03:54.380554 image/jpeg 544874 2024-09-22T15:03:53.826573 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog