The muckrakers and the Progressive Era
By: by Laurie Collier Hillstrom.
Series: Defining moments
Publisher: Omnigraphics, Inc.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Detroit, MI
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780780810938
Subjects: Journalism -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Social problems -- Press coverage -- United States; Progressivism (United States politics) -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Narrative overview. Events leading up to the Progressive Era; title: The role of journalism in America; title: Addressing social problems; title: Battling the titans of industry; title: Exposing government corruption; title: The muckraking tradition continues; title: Legacy of the Progressive Era.