What were the effects of "The Shame of the Cities" by Lincoln Steffens?
May 01, 2011 by Hannah | Posted in History
I know what Steffens's work was about, and what he was trying to accomplish with it, but I can't find the effects it had on America anywhere. Did it have any real effects on the government, or did it simply open people's eyes to corruption?
Pretty much. The controversy associated with this popular work was actually a contributing reason to why cities across America began using city commissions and city managers. Under the City Commission Plan, cities hired experts in different fields to
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