The Shame of the Cities

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book muckraking work

The Shame of the Cities is a landmark 1904 muckraking book that exposed widespread political corruption in major American urban governments during the Progressive Era.

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Label	Occurrences
The Shame of the Cities canonical	2

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ muckraking work ⓘ
author	Lincoln Steffens NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorAffiliation	McClure's Magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorFullName	Joseph Lincoln Steffens NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorOccupation	journalist ⓘ
basedOn	articles in McClure's Magazine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReception	widely discussed in early 20th-century reform circles ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
form	collection of articles ⓘ
genre	investigative journalism ⓘ political journalism ⓘ
hasInfluenced	later investigative reporting on government corruption ⓘ
historicalSignificance	key text of Progressive Era muckraking literature ⓘ
impact	contributed to Progressive Era anti-corruption efforts ⓘ influenced public opinion on municipal reform ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
libraryOfCongressClassification	JK ⓘ
mainSubject	municipal government ⓘ political corruption ⓘ urban politics in the United States ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
movement	Progressive Era NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	exposing urban political machines ⓘ popularizing muckraking journalism ⓘ
placeOfFocus	Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ Minneapolis NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pittsburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalContext	Progressive reform movement ⓘ
publicationCentury	20th century ⓘ
publicationYear	1904 ⓘ
publisher	McClure, Phillips & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf	scholarly analysis in American political history ⓘ
target	urban political machines in the United States ⓘ
theme	relationship between business and politics ⓘ systemic nature of corruption ⓘ voter responsibility ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ

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Subject: The Shame of the Cities
Description of subject: The Shame of the Cities is a landmark 1904 muckraking book that exposed widespread political corruption in major American urban governments during the Progressive Era.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lincoln Steffens → notableWork → The Shame of the Cities ⓘ

McClure's Magazine → notableWorkPublished → The Shame of the Cities ⓘ