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Printed together for the first time since their original publication in 1903, Ray Stannard Baker's piece on the coal strike, ""The Right to Work""; Lincoln Steffens' expose of political corruption, ""The Shame of Minneapolis""; and Ida Tarbell's story of corporate villainy, ""The Oil War of 1872""; along with an editorial from S. S. McClure and the narrative of Ellen Fitzpatrick, invite students to explore and understand ""muckraking.""

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""Fitzpatrick's introductory and concluding essays provide a skillful and effective setting for the three McClure's articles. She gives the undergraduate...a rich and historically perceptive context for understanding the substance and significance of this early investigative journalism.""

"""Fitzpatrick's introductory and concluding essays provide a skillful and effective setting for the three McClure's articles. She gives the undergraduate...a rich and historically perceptive context for understanding the substance and significance of this early investigative journalism."""

Fitzpatrick's introductory and concluding essays provide a skillful and effective setting for the three McClure's articles. She gives the undergraduate...a rich and historically perceptive context for understanding the substance and significance of this early investigative journalism.

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Ellen F. Fitzpatrick is associate professor of history and currently a Charles Warren Fellow at Harvard University. Her book entitled ""Endless Crusade: Women Social Scientists and Progressive Reform"" (1990) was selected as an Outstanding Academic Book of 1990-1991 by ""Choice Magazine."" Fitzpatrick has published numerous articles on women's history and social reform. She is currently at work on a book about American historical writing in the twentieth century.

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