Forerunners of Revolution: Muckrakers and the American Social Conscience

by Walter M. Brasch

Overview

This book examines social investigative reporting in American history, focusing on the years 1890-1915.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780819179685
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	08/20/1990
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.48(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

Walter M. Brasch is Professor of Journalism at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. He is also the author of The Press and the State: Sociohistorical and Contemporary Interpretations (UPA, 1986).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Killing the Revolution Chapter 2 The People's Champions Chapter 3 To Rob the Bees Chapter 4 A Pandemic Invasion: "A Conspiracy of Silence," by Upton Sinclair Chapter 5 Treason Against the People: "The Man with the Muck-Rake," by Theodore Roosevelt Chapter 6 A New Social Awareness Chapter 7 The Final Assault Chapter 8 Case Reviews Chapter 9 Bibliography Chapter 10 Index

Editorial Reviews

...Brasch concludes by making an insightful and intriguing distinction between muckraking and investigative reporting.

Journalism Quarterly

Brasch's treatment blends investigative reporting, research, and analysis to present a scholarly yet lively review of how the muckrakers prompted changes in social awareness at the turn of the century....

Midwest Book Review

...the book not only highlights the journalist's role in America, but also analyses the evolution of the press and society from the nation's emergence to the present.

Media Development

It is Brasch's theory that the 'muckraker' investigative journalism light was never extinguished and that muckraking, despite an eclipse in the 'me-too' 1980s, is very much alive.

Editor & Publisher

It is Brasch's theory that the 'muckraker' investigative journalism light was never extinguished and that muckraking, despite an eclipse in the 'me-too' 1980s, is very much alive.

Editor and Publisher

...Brasch concludes by making an insightful and intriguing distinction between muckraking and investigative reporting.--Journalism Quarterly

...the book not only highlights the journalist's role in America, but also analyses the evolution of the press and society from the nation's emergence to the present.--Media Development

Brasch's treatment blends investigative reporting, research, and analysis to present a scholarly yet lively review of how the muckrakers prompted changes in social awareness at the turn of the century....--Midwest Book Review

From the Publisher

Brasch's treatment blends investigative reporting, research, and analysis to present a scholarly yet lively review of how the muckrakers prompted changes in social awareness at the turn of the century....

The Midwest Book Review