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[2017], Adolescent, Zest Books Call No: HI-INT 363.37 SEI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This book examines the events leading up to the fire, including a close look at how fashion and the desire for consumer goods---driven in part by the excess of the Gilded Age---created an unsustainable culture of greed.
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By Wolfe, Tom2001., Bantam Books Call No: Mystery Fic Wolfe Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Depicts racial imbalance in Atlanta. Charles Croker, an egotistical former college football star, is watching his empire and family life crumble. Conrad Hensley, a young father of two, is laid off from his job and caught up in a legal system spiral. Fareek "The Cannon" Fanon is accused of raping a prominent white woman and is being represented by an African American attorney named Roger White II.
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2023., Grey House Publishing Call No: 324.7 MON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Remote access: onondaga Series Title: The reference shelf Volume: 95 No. 1Summary Note: "Polls indicate that a majority of Americans, across parties and ideological groups, feel that money has too much influence over politics and favor limiting money for campaigns and to support candidates. But how can America reform the system to reduce the power of wealth in the political sphere? This issue of The Reference Shelf looks at articles, political speeches, essays, and research on the issue of economic political reform, including campaign finance, lobbyists and corporate donations, and foreign spending. This volume begins with a preface; a brief tracing the slow rise in numbers of Americans who don’t trust the government, the increasing power of political and corporate lobbyists that growing perception that American democratic power can be bought and sold to wealthy interests, and the worry of citizens over how much big corporations can influence politics, believing corporate and public interests often are in conflict with one another. Money in Politics includes articles, documents, and other literary works that fall into five topics: The History of Political Money The Politics of Corporate Money The Power of the Dark Side Unlimited Spending The Specter of Corruption."--Publisher.
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-- Frank Capra's Mr. Smith goes to Washington[1999]., General, Columbia TriStar Home Video Call No: DVD MR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Columbia classicsSummary Note: Washington's youngest senator exposes corruption in high places, almost at the cost of his career.
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2019., Greenhaven Pub. Call No: 364.1 LUC Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: At issue American politicsSummary Note: "When politicians use their political power to privately benefit in an illegitimate manner, it is considered a fundamental threat to democracy. However, political corruption takes many forms, including bribery, extortion, influence peddling, and facilitating criminal enterprises. Additionally, there are certain cases that come across as ethically ambiguous: should campaign donations be considered a form of bribery? How can we prevent them from operating as a bribe? This volume looks at political corruption in the United States and beyond, exploring the factors that contribute to a culture of corruption and the possible means of combating it"--Provided by the publisher.
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c 2003., ABC CLIO Call No: 973.03 Gro Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Contains over 250 alphabetically arranged entries that explore the history of political corruption in America, covering people, crimes, investigations, and court cases, with definitions of terms, photographs, political cartoons, and a time line.
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2001., Greenhaven Press, Inc. Call No: 352 DUD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Opposing viewpoints seriesSummary Note: Discussions on both sides of issues such as money, Monica Lewinsky, campaign contributions, and the Independent Council Law.
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2000., CQ Press Call No: 923.1 SCH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The book delves into the misdeeds of presidents, first families, cabinet officers, and many executive branch employees who could not resist temptation.
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2004., Dover Publications, Inc. Call No: 352.073 STE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Six muckraking articles attacking corrupt election practices and shady dealings in business and city government at the turn of the 20th century.
