Free Download Brett H. Mandel, "Philadelphia, Corrupt and Consenting: A City’s Struggle against an Epithet"
English | ISBN: 1439924279 | 2023 | 272 pages | PDF | 4 MB
More than a century after muckraking journalist Lincoln Steffens derided the city of Philadelphia as being "corrupt and contented," Philadelphia struggles to rise above this unfortunate characterization. Philadelphia, Corrupt and Consentingis the story of a city’s confrontation with a history that threatens its future. Author Brett Mandel, who has been a reform-oriented government official and political insider, provides a detailed account of the corruption investigation of John Dougherty, one of the city’s most powerful political figures, in order to expose and explore networks of corruption.