Stories that Changed America: Muckrakers of the 20th CenturySeven Stories Press, 2011 M01 4 - 272 páginas Exuberantly 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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... they were absolutely worth, with a fair and honest competition in the lines of transportation," said Mr. Hanna, eight years later, in an affidavit. Under the combined threat and persuasion of the Standard, armed Ida Mae Tarbell 39.
... they were absolutely worth, with a fair and honest competition in the lines of transportation," said Mr. Hanna, eight years later, in an affidavit. Under the combined threat and persuasion of the Standard, armed Ida Mae Tarbell 39.
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... after Pete's birth as the happiest of his life. It was during this time that he decided to write his autobiography. He would later refer to his son and his autobiography as twins: "It is no mere coincidence — if Lincoln Steffens 45.
... after Pete's birth as the happiest of his life. It was during this time that he decided to write his autobiography. He would later refer to his son and his autobiography as twins: "It is no mere coincidence — if Lincoln Steffens 45.
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... later attributed his outrage over the differences between the social classes to his early days when he experienced those differences personally. It was while observing the trappings of wealth at his grandparents' house that he came to ...
... later attributed his outrage over the differences between the social classes to his early days when he experienced those differences personally. It was while observing the trappings of wealth at his grandparents' house that he came to ...
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... later, poetry. Fascinated by the classics, he went on to graduate school at Columbia University to study literature and philosophy. Then, at the age of twenty-two, he decided to write the Great American Novel. He rented a small cabin ...
... later, poetry. Fascinated by the classics, he went on to graduate school at Columbia University to study literature and philosophy. Then, at the age of twenty-two, he decided to write the Great American Novel. He rented a small cabin ...
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... later at the age of 89, Sinclair was still witnessing the impact of a novel he had written more than sixty years earlier. The following are three excerpts from The Jungle. The first describes a guided tour of the stockyards taken by ...
... later at the age of 89, Sinclair was still witnessing the impact of a novel he had written more than sixty years earlier. The following are three excerpts from The Jungle. The first describes a guided tour of the stockyards taken by ...
Contenido
JESSICA MITFORD | 147 |
EXCERPT FROM THE AMERICAN WAY OF DEATH | 153 |
BETTY FRIEDAN | 159 |
EXCERPT FROM THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE | 165 |
MALCOLM X | 171 |
EXCERPT FROM ALEX HALEYS PLAYBOY INTERVIEW WITH MALCOLM X | 179 |
EXCERPT FROM THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X | 181 |
MICHAEL HARRINGTON | 185 |
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EXCERPTS FROM IN FACT | 85 |
61 EXCESS DEATHS | 86 |
DOCUMENTATION | 87 |
EXCERPT FROM THE FACTS ARE | 88 |
JOHN STEINBECK | 91 |
EXCERPT FROM THE GRAPES OF WRATH | 97 |
J WILLIAM FULBRIGHT | 105 |
EXCERPTS FROM THE PENTAGON PROPAGANDA MACHINE | 111 |
INFORMATION TO PROPOGANDA | 114 |
RACHEL CARSON | 117 |
EXCERPT FROM SILENT SPRING | 123 |
I F STONE | 125 |
EXCERPT FROM I F STONES WEEKLY | 131 |
EDWARD R MURROW | 135 |
EXCERPTS FROM IN SEARCH OF LIGHT | 141 |
SEE IT NOW BROADCASTMARCH 9 1954 | 144 |
CBS NEWS BROADCASTMAY 2 1957 | 146 |
EXCERPT FROM THE OTHER AMERICA | 191 |
PAUL BRODEUR | 197 |
EXCERPT FROM EXPENDABLE AMERICANS | 203 |
PAUL EHRLICH | 209 |
EXCERPTS FROM THE POPULATION BOMB | 215 |
TOO LITTLE FOOD | 217 |
A DYING PLANET? | 218 |
RALPH NADER | 221 |
EXCERPT FROM UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED | 227 |
THE ONECAR ACCIDENT | 230 |
SEYMOUR HERSH | 233 |
EXCERPT FROM MY LAI 4 | 239 |
THE DAYPART II | 243 |
BOB WOODWARD and CARL BERNSTEIN | 245 |
EXCERPT FROM THE WASHINGTON POST | 253 |
FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ | 259 |
EXCERPT FROM DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET | 265 |
CULTURAL EATING HABITS | 266 |
CASH CROPS | 267 |
PROTEIN ISNT EVERYTHING | 268 |
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