Stories that Changed America: Muckrakers of the 20th CenturyExuberantly written, highly informative, Jensen's Stories That Changed America examines the work of twenty-one investigative writers, and how their efforts forever changed our country. Here are the pioneering muckrakers, like Upton Sinclair, author of the fact-based novel The Jungle, that inspired Theodore Roosevelt to sign the Pure Food and Drug Act into law; "Queen of the Muckrakers" Ida Mae Tarbell, whose McClure magazine exposés led to the dissolution of Standard Oil's monopoly; and Lincoln Steffens, a reporter who unearthed corruption in both municipal and federal governments. You'll also meet Margaret Sanger, the former nurse who coined the term "birth control"; George Seldes, the most censored journalist in American history; Nobel Prize-winning novelist John Steinbeck; environmentalist Rachel Carson; National Organization of Women founder Betty Friedan; African American activist Malcolm X; consumer advocate Ralph Nader; and Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters whose Watergate break-in coverage brought down President Richard Nixon. The courageous writers Jensen includes in this deftly researched volume dedicated their lives to fight for social, civil, political and environmental rights with their mighty pens. |
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Ida showed a strong interest in literature and her early reading materials included
Harper ' s Weekly , Harper ' s , and the New York Tribune . While an honor
student at Titusville High School , Tarbell began to develop an interest in biology
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Ida showed a strong interest in literature and her early reading materials included
Harper ' s Weekly , Harper ' s , and the New York Tribune . While an honor
student at Titusville High School , Tarbell began to develop an interest in biology
...
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The alternative to these extreme ( and often fruitless ) measures was a string of
pregnancies that often led to the early death of the mother or the baby or both . It
wasn ' t until 1971 , nearly three quarters of a century later , that Connecticut
finally ...
The alternative to these extreme ( and often fruitless ) measures was a string of
pregnancies that often led to the early death of the mother or the baby or both . It
wasn ' t until 1971 , nearly three quarters of a century later , that Connecticut
finally ...
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Ida showed a strong interest in literature and her early reading materials included
Harper ' s Weekly , Harper ' s , and the New York Tribune . While an honor
student at Titusville High School , Tarbell began to develop an interest in biology
...
Ida showed a strong interest in literature and her early reading materials included
Harper ' s Weekly , Harper ' s , and the New York Tribune . While an honor
student at Titusville High School , Tarbell began to develop an interest in biology
...
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Stories that changed America: muckrakers of the 20th century
Crítica de los usuarios - Not Available - Book VerdictJensen (communications studies, Sonoma State Univ.), the author of Twenty Years of Censored News, expands his theme in this book to cover a century of muckrakers. Jensen presents 21 writers, including ... Leer comentario completo
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IDA MAE TARBELL | 25 |
LINCOLN STEFFENS | 39 |
UPTON SINCLAIR | 51 |
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| Título | Stories that Changed America: Muckrakers of the 20th Century |
| Autor | Carl Jensen |
| Compilado por | Carl Jensen |
| Colaborador | Hugh Downs |
| Edición | ilustrada |
| Editor | Seven Stories Press, 2000 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 29 Feb. 2008 |
| ISBN | 1583220275, 9781583220276 |
| Largo | 270 páginas |
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