Charles K. McClatchy and the Golden Era of American Journalism /

This biography explores Charles K. McClatchy's career as the long-time editor of the Bee in a work that weaves the history of Northern California with that of American newspapers.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Avella, Steven M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
McClatchy, Charles K. > 1858-1936
McClatchy, Charles K., > 1858-1936.
Sacramento bee (Newspaper)
Newspaper publishing.
Newspaper editors.
Entreprises de presse > Californie > Sacramento > Histoire.
Redacteurs en chef > Californie > Sacramento > Biographies.
Newspaper publishing > California > Sacramento > History.
Newspaper editors > California > Sacramento > Biography.
California > Sacramento.
History.
Biographies.
Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Sacramento's son
  • An editor's vision
  • Defenders of the valley the struggle with hydraulic mining
  • A world of trouble boycotts and libel suits
  • Creating a press monopoly
  • A tribune of reform
  • Railroad politics and populist upheaval
  • California lion
  • Public health and urban corruption in San Francisco
  • The Graft Trials and the cause of righteousness
  • The Progressive McClatchy
  • Hiram
  • A new era: preparing the heir
  • World War I
  • Failed dreams, self-imposed exile
  • Reluctant expansion and the breakup
  • The last roar of the aging lion.

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