Research Catalog
Corruption : a short history
- Title
- Corruption : a short history / Carlo Alberto Brioschi ; translation by Antony Shugaar.
- Author
- Brioschi, Carlo Alberto
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2017]
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFC 17-628 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Shugaar, Antony
- Description
- vi, 263 pages; 19 cm
- Summary
- "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 history-from Babylon to modern-day U.S. organized crime and the great market collapses-and concludes with reflections on the moral perception of corruption and its dangers for democracy"--
- Uniform Title
- Breve storia della corruzione. English
- Alternative Title
- Breve storia della corruzione.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Translated from the Italian.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: If Julius Caesar is a thief -- The gift in antiquity -- Democracy and decadence -- Bribes in ancient Rome -- The feces of the Devil -- Corruption in power -- Philosophy of corruption -- A pragmatic approach to corruption -- The American dream of purity -- Restoration and decadence -- Parts in the play -- The great dictatorships -- Beyond the age of innocence -- Expansion of the realm of corruption -- Corrupt finance : the great market collapses -- Conclusion
- Call Number
- JFC 17-628
- ISBN
- 9780815727910
- 0815727917
- LCCN
- 2017000421
- OCLC
- 921870514
- Author
- Brioschi, Carlo Alberto, author.
- Title
- Corruption : a short history / Carlo Alberto Brioschi ; translation by Antony Shugaar.
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Shugaar, Antony, translator.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Brioschi, Carlo Alberto, author. Corruption Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2017 9780815727927 (DLC) 2017019734
- Research Call Number
- JFC 17-628