The Shame of the Cities - Softcover

Steffens, Lincoln

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1546746234 ISBN 13: 9781546746232

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

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Lincoln Steffens was an integral part of the journalistic movement of his time. On the cusp of the twentieth century he was part of a generation, trying to decipher the implications of huge social and economic change. In a changing world, the gentleman's agreement that existed between journalists and politicians had started melting away. As the United States grew and began obsessively examining itself, this style of 'muckraking' journalism was a way to propel a desire for reform into the mainstream debate. Whilst Steffens may not have cared for the word, he and the Muckrakers used their column inches to demand change. He questioned economic policy, conventional attitudes to race relations and social policies which led to deprivation. In this compendium of articles, Steffens focused on city governments. He toured the nation's largest cities, questioning great men and guttersnipes alike. Into his writing he poured the fervour of a social reformer and the empathy of a human interest story but most of all he decried the corruption he saw all around him.

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• Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1546746234
• ISBN 13: 9781546746232
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 102