Stories that changed America : muckrakers of the 20th century / Carl Jensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jensen, Carl.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalists--United States--Biography.

Journalists.

Investigative reporting.

History.

United States.

Investigative reporting--United States--History--20th century.

Reportage literature, American--History and criticism.

Reportage literature, American.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

270 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

A Seven Stories Press first edition.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Seven Stories Press, [2000]

Summary:

In this exuberant, deftly researched look at the power and history of investigative journalism, Jensen celebrates the writers and stories that brought down monopolies, exposed abuses, and ended corrupt administrations.

Contents:

Introduction: Muckraking in the Twentieth Century

Ida Mae Tarbell. Excerpts from The History of the Standard Oil Company. Young John Davison Rockefeller. Creating a Monopoly

Lincoln Steffens. Excerpt from The Shame of the Cities. Tweed Days in St. Louis

Upton Sinclair. Excerpts from The Jungle. From Chapter Three: Tour of the Stockyards. From Chapter Nine: Bubbly Creek Lard. From Chapter Fourteen: Spoiled Meat

Margaret Sanger. Excerpts from The Woman Rebel. The Aim. Abortion in the United States. Suppression. A Little Lesson for Those Who Ought to Know Better

George Seldes. Excerpts from In fact. Cigarets Shorten Life. Tobacco Shortens Life. Make Users' Flesh Creep. 61% Excess Deaths. Journalistic Bombshell. Documentation. Excerpt from The Facts Are ... The Greatest Power in War and Peace

John Steinbeck. Excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath. From Chapter Five: Who Can We Shoot?

J. William Fulbright. Excerpts from The Pentagon Propaganda Machine. From Chapter One: The Starbird Memorandum. From Chapter Two: Information to Propoganda

Rachel Carson. Excerpt from Silent Spring. A Fable for Tomorrow

I. F. Stone. Excerpt from I. F. Stone's Weekly. A Crisis and a Turning Point Approaches in Vietnam

Edward R. Murrow. Excerpts from In Search of Light. CBS news broadcast - March 10, 1950. CBS news broadcast - February 23, 1954.

See It Now broadcast - March 9, 1954. CBS news broadcast - June 10, 1954. CBS news broadcast - May 2, 1957

Jessica Mitford. Excerpt from The American Way of Death. Myth of the Twentieth-Century American Funeral Rite

Betty Friedan. Excerpt from The Feminine Mystique. From Chapter Twelve: The Comfortable Concentration Camp

Malcolm X. Excerpt from Alex Haley's Playboy Interview with Malcolm X. Excerpt from The Autobiography of Malcolm X. From Chapter Seventeen: Letter from Mecca

Michael Harrington. Excerpt from The Other America. From Chapter One: The Invisible Land

Paul Brodeur. Excerpt from Expendable Americans. The Dust that Ate Us Up

Paul Ehrlich. Excerpts from The Population Bomb. Too Many People. Too Little Food. A Dying Planet

Ralph Nader. Excerpt from Unsafe at Any Speed. Who Benefits from Auto Accidents? The Sporty Corvair: The 'One-Car' Accident

Seymour Hersh. Excerpts from My Lai 4. From Chapter Three: The Day - Part I. From Chapter Four: The Day - Part II

Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Excerpt from the Washington Post. GOP Security Aide Among Five Arrested in Bugging Affair

Frances Moore Lappe. Excerpt from Diet for a Small Planet. From the Foreword: The Beginning. From Part One: Cultural Eating Habits. From Part One Cash Crops. From Part One: The Poisoned Food Chain. From Part Two: Protein Isn't Everything.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1583220275

OCLC:

43323638