{"product_id":"the-shame-of-the-cities-9781948742511","title":"The Shame of the Cities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLincoln Steffens's \"Tweed Days in St. Louis,\" published in \u003cem\u003eMcClure's\u003c\/em\u003e magazine in October 1902, is considered the first work of muckraking journalism, exposing corruption between businessmen, politicians, police officers and other municipal actor, as well as how apathetic citizens allow machine politics to proceed unfettered. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The article also highlights residents who do fight back, including civil rights lawyer Joseph W. Folk and the workers involved in the St. Louis Streetcar Strike of 1900. \"Tweed Days\" was so successful that Steffens traveled on to Minneapolis to report \"The Shame of Minneapolis,\" which appeared in the same 1903 issue of \u003cem\u003eMcClure's\u003c\/em\u003e as another muckraking classic, Ida Tarbell's \u003cem\u003eThe History of the Standard Oil Company\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Steffens would go on to expose machine politics in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York City. In 1904, \u003cem\u003eMcClure's\u003c\/em\u003e published the series as a book, \u003cem\u003eThe Shame of the Cities\u003c\/em\u003e, which remains stubbornly timely and prescient more than a century later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteffens, Lincoln:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eLincoln Steffens\u003c\/b\u003e (1866-1936) was one of the leading muckraking journalists of the early twentieth century. Born in San Francisco, he traveled all over the world writing about progressive politics and ideas before returning to California at the end of his life.","brand":"Belt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50366551752978,"sku":"9781948742511","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f3e32749-cade-4c84-8142-70afced14ba6.jpg?v=1728474824","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-shame-of-the-cities-9781948742511","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}