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Corruption
A Short History
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2017
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From ancient times to modern, corruption has been ingrained in human society and is still a powerful issue in the contemporary world.
In Corruption: A Short History, Carlo Brioschi provides a thorough and entertaining look at how corruption was born and has evolved over time, without ever being stamped out. He examines corruption through politics and historyfrom Babylon to modern-day U.S. organized crime and the great market collapsesand concludes with reflections on the moral perception of corruption and its dangers for democracy.
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2017
ISBN-Print
978-0-8157-2791-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-8157-2792-7
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
264
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Introduction: If Julius Caesar is a Thief No access Pages 1 - 20
The Gift in Antiquity: Exchange, Favor, and Sacrifice, from Hammurabi to the Bible No access Pages 21 - 28
Democracy and Decadence: Corruption and Political Buying and Selling in Ancient Greece No access Pages 29 - 38
Bribes in Ancient Rome: From Verres to Tacitus No access Pages 39 - 50
The Feces of the Devil: Social and Ecclesiastical Corruption between Feudalism and Rise of the Merchants No access Pages 51 - 64
Corruption in Power: From Machiavelli to the Gold of the New World No access Pages 65 - 80
Philosophy of Corruption: France between Absolutism and Revolution, from Richelieu to Talleyrand (by Way of Robespierre) No access Pages 81 - 92
A Pragmatic Approach to Corruption: England in the Industrial Revolution No access Pages 93 - 100
The American Dream of Purity: From the Moralizing Promise of the Mayflower to the Triumph of the Gangsters No access Pages 101 - 110
Restoration and Decadence: Bourgeoisie and Bureaucracy, Corruption between Modern Capitalism and the Nation-State No access Pages 111 - 128
Parts in the Play: Corruption in the Depictions of the Nineteenth-Century Novel No access Pages 129 - 140
The Great Dictatorships: Totalitarian Corruption in the First Half of the Twentieth Century No access Pages 141 - 158
Beyond the Age of Innocence: Social and Political Corruption in the United States through Its Literature and Popular Culture No access Pages 159 - 166
Expansion of the Realm of Corruption: From Party Financing to the "Clash of Civilizations" No access Pages 167 - 182
Corrupt Finance: The Great Market Collapses: Financial Crimes and Misdemeanors from the South Sea Bubble to the Crash of 2008 No access Pages 183 - 196
