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Political Corruption in America
An Encyclopedia of Scandals, Power & Greed

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Pub. Date: May 2008
Hardcover: 600 pages
ISBN: 1-59237-297-X/978-1-59237-297-3
Price: $195.00
EBook ISBN: 978-1-59237-308-6 EBook Vendors

This dynamic, two-volume reference work covers the complete scandal-filled history of American political corruption. Over 350 information-packed entries explore the people, crimes, investigations and court cases behind 200 years of political scandals.

Highlights of this second edition include:

• 350 A-Z entries, with See Also references, that knit together people, cases & crimes
• New entries in this updated edition include Jack Abramoff, Ernest Lee Fletcher, Operation Greylord, John Grosvenor Rowland, Salinas vs. United States, George Turner and many more
• Nine helpful Appendices provide important overviews of scandal groups (governors, senators, procedural rules and more)
• A full range of Illustrations, including political cartoons, photos, along with graphs and tables to provide more context
• A comprehensive, in-depth Historical Chronology of major political scandals in US history, from colonial times to the present
• A new Primary Documents section provides important and immediate resources for researchers
• An annotated Bibliography & Suggested Readings round out the rich resources available in these volumes
• Available in print and ebook formats

Students, scholars, and other readers interested in American history, political science, and ethics will appreciate this survey of a wide range of corrupting influences. An important look at how our political system developed and changed and the forces that compelled these changes. With its comprehensive coverage of this interesting topic, Political Corruption in America will prove to be a useful addition to the reference collections of all public libraries, university libraries, history collections, political science collections and high schools.

Pub. Date: May 2008
Hardcover: 600 pages
ISBN: 1-59237-297-X/978-1-59237-297-3
Price: $195.00
EBook ISBN: 978-1-59237-308-6 EBook Vendors

Note: If you find this work does not fit your budget, please print out this page and bring it to your local library. There is a reasonable chance they either have a copy, can direct you to a library that does, or will be willing to purchase it for their reference collection.