American Experience: Progressivism, Journalism, & Reform: Greed and Graft
Resources on investigative journalists of the era and their impact
Udo J. Keppler, Next!, illustration, Puck, 7 September 1904
Note on Primary Sources
A Note on Primary Sources:
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Lincoln Steffens
Lincoln Steffens Exposes Graft in US Cities
- Lincoln Steffens
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- "Tweed Days in St. Louis" [1902]
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The Shame of Minneapolis (9:29)
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Ida Tarbell
Ida M. Tarbell & The Standard Oil Company
- Tarbell, Ida 1857-1944
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- "John D. Rockefeller: A Character Study" McClure’s Magazine. July 1905, pp.[226]-249.
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No Man More Dangerous (3:03)
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