BribesTraces the history of bribery from ancient Egypt to ABSCAM, examines changing perceptions of bribery, and discusses the legal, ethical and religious injunctions against bribes |
Contents
Recurrent Reformation | 137 |
The Monkeys and the Bears | 264 |
The Englishing of the Tradition | 311 |
Angelo | 334 |
The Conscientious Clerk | 366 |
Hog II | 392 |
American Approaches | 425 |
Credit Mobilier | 460 |
The Citizen Censors | 501 |
The Donations of Democracy | 621 |
The Ambassadors of America | 652 |
The Future of the Bribe | 683 |
Prices | 707 |
Table of Scriptural Citations | 809 |
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