The Muckrakersdiscusses how in the early 1900s, Ida Tarbell and other investigative journalists brought about change by exposing the illegal tactics and unethical practices of corporations. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Tells how investigative reporting began with the muckrakers in the early 20th century.
The Social and Political Ideas of the Muckrakers
Describes the impact investigative journalists had upon societal change in the United States in the early twentieth century.
"Provides a detailed account of the muckraking movement in early twentieth-century American journalism and its contribution to progressive reforms.
This engaging book covers the work and lives of the leading muckrakers, including Lincoln Steffens, Ray Stannard Baker, Upton Sinclair, and Ida Tarbell.
This is the story of McClure's lifespan, beginning in Ohio when Samuel McClure gathered around himself a talented group of editors and writers (among them Willa Cather. Frank Norris. Stephen Crane, O. Henry.
The selection reflects the caustic wit, wisdom, and poisoned pen she used so successfully to attack her subjects. ... New York, 1973; Mitford, Jessica, Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking , Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1979; ...
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’ exposé of political corruption, "The Shame of Minneapolis"; and Ida ...
The Era of the Muckrakers