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Author Bodden, Valerie, author.

Title The muckrakers : Ida Tarbell takes on big business / bValerie Bodden ; content consultant, Steve Weinberg. [Boundless electronic resource]

Publication Info. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations (some color).
text file rda
Series Hidden heroes
Hidden heroes.
Contents Seeds of conflict -- Keeping the people informed -- A magazine for everyone -- The Standard Oil Company -- Dawn of the muckrakers -- The Progressive Era -- End of the muckrakers -- Resurgence -- Legacy of truth.
Summary Explores the role of Ida Tarbell and other journalists called "muckrackers." whose work exposed corruption and scandals. Discusses how their work impacted the future of investigative journalism. Includes a timeline, photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
Audience 1140L Lexile
Study Program Accelerated Reader MG+ 8.3 3 3 187984
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-109) and index.
Summary The Muckrakers discusses how in the early 1900s, Ida Tarbell and other investigative journalists brought about change by exposing the illegal tactics and unethical practices of corporations.
System Details Requires Boundless App.
Subject Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944 -- Juvenile literature.
Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944.
Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944.
Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Subject Journalists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women journalists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Reformers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Investigative reporting -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Journalists -- United States.
Journalism -- United States -- 20th century.
Journalism.
Journalists.
United States -- History -- 1865-1921 -- Juvenile literature.
Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944.
Women journalists.
Journalists.
Reformers.
Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- History.
Investigative reporting -- History.
United States -- History -- 1865-1921.
Corporations -- Corrupt practices.
Investigative reporting.
Reformers.
Women journalists.
United States.
United States -- History -- 1898-1919.
Genre Biography.
History.
Juvenile works.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Added Author Weinberg, Steve, consultant.
Added Title Ida Tarbell takes on big business
Other Form: Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Bodden, Valerie. Muckrakers Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017] 9781680783889 (DLC) 2016945476 (OCoLC)958781220
ISBN 9781624023125 $59.93
1624023126 $59.93
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