** Please read the Muckraking Chapter for today, rather than Municipal Corruption.**
Lincoln Steffens took on municipal corruption - beginning in St. Louis.
Upton Sinclair published the Jungle in 1906. This expose led to the establishment of the Pure Food and Drug Act.
Ida Tarbell published her expose of Standard Oil in 1902.
McClure Magazine from 1901. It was one of the top muckraking magazines of its time.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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