Project Gutenberg 2021-06-09 Public domain in the USA. 120 Chapman, John Jay 1862 1933 Causes and Consequences English edition has title: Government and democracy, and other essays. Politics -- Society -- Education: Froebel -- Democracy -- Government. The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Causes and Consequences" by John Jay Chapman is a socio-political treatise written in the late 19th century. The work explores the interplay between human nature, commerce, and politics, delving into how societal and political issues are interwoven with economic forces. Chapman's reflections aim to uncover the underlying causes of political corruption and the implications for democracy and governance in America. The opening of the book presents the author’s perspective on the nature of political misgovernment in the United States, attributing it largely to the corrupting influence of money and commerce. Chapman introduces a scenario in a small town where the interests of a railroad company manipulate local politics through bribery and party loyalty, illustrating a broader critique of how commerce perverts democratic institutions. He argues that this corruption stems from a historical context where the public's political engagement has been co-opted by powerful commercial interests, leading to a stagnant political landscape that undermines genuine democratic processes. The author emphasizes that addressing these challenges requires a critical examination of both political and economic systems and an understanding of human behavior. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 61.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en United States -- Politics and government Democracy United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918 Fröbel, Friedrich, 1782-1852 HN Text Category: History - American Category: Politics Category: Economics 229443 2025-07-26T05:57:33.435934 text/html 206214 2024-10-18T14:21:10 text/html 444739 2025-07-26T05:57:37.519953 application/epub+zip 442716 2025-07-26T05:57:34.191968 application/epub+zip 144475 2025-07-26T05:57:33.811964 application/epub+zip 398135 2025-07-26T05:57:39.995935 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 374650 2025-07-26T05:57:37.051913 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 188714 2022-09-29T14:00:53.487916 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 208719 2025-07-26T05:57:33.157939 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 188834 2024-10-18T14:21:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17513 2025-07-26T05:57:40.131919 application/rdf+xml 17266 2025-07-26T05:57:33.903929 image/jpeg 2798 2025-07-26T05:57:33.857945 image/jpeg 435133 2025-07-26T05:57:33.462948 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia