Exposés and Excess : Muckraking in America, 19 / 2 /

From robber barons to titanic CEOs, from the labor unrest of the 1880s to the mass layoffs of the 1990s, two American Gilded Ages--one in the early 1900s, another in the final years of the twentieth century--mirror each other in their laissez-faire excess and rampant social crises. Both eras have ig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tichi, Cecelia, 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Onthullingsjournalistiek.
Journalismus
Soziale Rolle
Boulevardpresse
Social problems > Press coverage.
Social conditions
Journalism > Social aspects.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Presse > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Social problems > Press coverage > United States.
Journalism > Social aspects > United States.
USA
United States.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1. From The jungle to Fast Food Nation
  • Chapter 2. Bulked Up and Hollowed Out
  • Chapter 3. Muckrakersc. 1900
  • Chapter 4. Muckrakersc. 2000
  • Epilogue. Tipping Point, or the Long Goodbye?
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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