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Author:
Bodden, Valerie, author.
Title:
The muckrakers : Ida Tarbell takes on big business / by Valerie Bodden ; content consultant, Steve Weinberg.
Publisher:
Essential Libraryan imprint of Abdo Publishing,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Tarbell, Ida M.--(Ida Minerva),--1857-1944--Juvenile literature.
Journalists--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women journalists--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Reformers--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Corporations--History--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
Investigative reporting--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
United States--History--1865-1921--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Other Authors:
Weinberg, Steve, consultant.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-109) and index.
Contents:
Seeds of conflict -- Keeping the people informed -- A magazine for everyone -- The Standard Oil Company -- Dawn of the muckrakers -- The Progressive era -- End of the muckrakers -- Resurgence -- Legacy of truth.
Summary:
The Muckrakers discusses how in the early 1900s, Ida Tarbell and other investigative journalists brought about change by exposing the illegal tactics and unethical practices of corporations.
Series:
Hidden heroes
ISBN:
1680783882
9781680783889
OCLC:
(OCoLC)958781220
Locations:
KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

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