Muckraking Three Landmark Articles

Name: Muckraking Three Landmark Articles
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ISBN: 9780312089443

ISBN-10: 0312089449

ISBN-13: 9780312089443

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Authors: Ellen F. Fitzpatrick

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Printed together for the first time since their original publication in 1903, Ray Stannard Baker's piece on the coal strike, "The Right to Work"; Lincoln Steffens' expose of political corruption, "The Shame of Minneapolis"; and Ida Tarbell's story of corporate villainy, "The Oil War of 1872"; along with an editorial from S. S. McClure and the narrative of Ellen Fitzpatrick, invite students to explore and understand "muckraking."

Book details

List price: $17.99
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 4/15/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 132
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English

Ellen Fitzpatrick is Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire and author of Endless Crusade: Women Social Scientists and Progressive Reform.



Foreword


Preface


Introduction: Late-Nineteenth-Century America and the Origins of Muckracking


The Impact of Industrialism


The "Magazine Revolution"


The Making of the Journalists


Finding the Story: The Genesis of the Muckrakers' Investigative Reporting


Tarbell and "The Oil War of 1872"


Steffens and "The Shame of Minneapolis"


Baker and "The Right to Work"


The Documents


"The Shame of Minneapolis"



"The Oil War of 1872"



"The Right to Work"



Editorial: Concerning Three Articles in this Number of McClure's, and a Coincidence that May Set Us Thinking



Conclusion: Muckraking and its Aftermath


The Contemporary Response to Muckraking


The Demise of Muckraking


Appendices


A Brief Chronology of the Muckraking Years (1890-1912)


Suggestions for Further Reading


Index