Muckraking
Subtitle: three landmark articles
By: edited with an introduction by Ellen F. Fitzpatrick.
Contributors: Fitzpatrick, Ellen F.; Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936.; Tarbell, Ida M. 1857-1944.; Baker, Ray Stannard, 1870-1946.
Series: The Bedford series in history and culture
Publisher: Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Press and politics -- United States; Investigative reporting -- United States
Description: This volume is built around three famous muckraking magazine articles - by Lincoln Steffens, Ida Tarbell, and Ray Stannard Baker. All drawn from the same issue of McClure's Magazine (January 1903), the most prominent muckraking journal of the day, the articles examine issues that were of crucial concern to political reformers in the Progressive era: urban political corruption, the emergence and behavior of giant corporations, and labor racketeering in industrial America.

An extensive introduction provides the historical context from which muckraking emerged, and an essay following the three articles discusses the legacy of muckraking. Questions to consider when reading the articles, a chronology of events during the Progressive era, illustrations, a bibliography, and an index are also included.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-124) and index.
"The essays reprinted in this volume appeared in the January 1903 edition of McClure's magazine"--P. 1.
Table of contents: title: Late-nineteenth-century America and the origins of muckraking; title: The documents; title: Muckraking and its aftermath.