عنوان

The muckrakers and the Progressive Era /

(Number (ISBN

0780810937

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0780811275

(Number (ISBN

9780780810938

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9780780811270

Erroneous ISBN

9780780810938

Number

b796142

Title Proper

The muckrakers and the Progressive Era /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

by Laurie Collier Hillstrom.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Detroit, MI :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Omnigraphics, Inc.,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2009.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xvi, 248 pages)

Series Title

Defining moments

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Narrative overview. Prologue -- Events leading up to the Progressive Era -- The role of journalism in America -- Addressing social problems -- Battling the titans of industry -- Exposing government corruption -- The muckraking tradition continues -- Legacy of the Progressive Era -- Biographies. Ray Stannard Baker (1870-1946) : journalist and author of Following the color line -- S.S. McClure (1857-1949) : progressive owner and editor of McClure's magazine -- David Graham Phillips (1867-1911) : journalist who wrote the "Treason of the Senate" series -- Jacob Riis (1849-1914) : photographer and author of How the other half lives -- John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) : industrial tycoon, philanthropist, and major target of the muckrakers -- Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) : president of the United States, 1901-1909 -- Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) : journalist, political leader, and author of The jungle -- Lincoln Steffens (1866-1936) : Journalist and author of The shame of the cities -- Ida M. Tarbell (1857-1944) : Journalist and author of The history of the Standard Oil Company -- Primary sources. President Theodore Roosevelt promises progressive reform -- Jacob Riis chronicles the struggles of the urban poor -- John Spargo describes the tragedy of child labor -- Ida Tarbell investigates the Standard Oil Trust -- Upton Sinclair exposes problems in the meatpacking industry -- Lincoln Steffens reveals the shame of the cities -- David Graham Phillips blasts corrupt U.S. senators -- Roosevelt calls crusading journalists "muckrakers" -- The Washington post gives wounded veterans a voice -- Pete Hamill explains the importance of investigative journalism -- Modern-day muckrakers face major challenges -- Important, people, places, and terms -- Chronology.

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Text of Note

"Provides a detailed account of the muckraking movement in early twentieth-century American journalism and its contribution to progressive reforms. Explores how the muckraking tradition and progressive political ideas have continued through the modern era. Features include a narrative overview, biographies, primary sources, chronology, glossary, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher.

Title

Muckrakers and the Progressive Era.

Journalism-- Social aspects-- United States-- History-- 20th century.

Progressivism (United States politics)-- History-- 20th century.

Social problems-- Press coverage-- United States.

Journalism-- Social aspects.

Progressivism (United States politics)

Social conditions

Social problems-- Press coverage.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Media Studies.

United States, Social conditions, 20th century.

United States.

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SOC-- 052000

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Hillstrom, Laurie Collier,1965-

Date of Transaction

20201207090333.0

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[Book]

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