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National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Power: Taming the Octopus: The Boss and the Reformer

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Political boss George Washington Plunkitt explains how big city politics work, and reformer Lincoln Steffens, in an excerpt from The Shame of the Cities, attacks the corruption Plunkitt represents.

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muckrakers, lincoln steffens, nhc toolbox: power: taming the octopus: the boss and the reformer, richard "boss" croker, tammany hall
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)