The Progressive Era Primary Documents on Events from 1890 to 1914

Subjects:

• History » American History (General)
• Communications » Journalism
• History » American History -- 1900 to 1945
• History » American History -- Nineteenth Century

Reviews:

• Every chapter is excellent. Burt's writing is graceful and engaging. She presents each issue clearly, in context, and with multiple points of view. The book could be used as a main text for a progressive era journalism class, and as a secondary text for a journalism history of an American history course. It would also be useful as a secondary text for a political science class. This book should also be considered for use in media diversity classes where the historical context of labor clases, census controversy, lynching, immigration, and women's suffrage all resonate with and provide background for today's class, race. and gender issues.
  —American Journalism Fall 2004

Table of Contents:

• Series Forward
• List of Illustrations
• Introduction: The Progressive Era and Newspapers
• The Census of 1890 Measures American Life and Defines Some of Its Problems
• The Death of Sitting Bull and the Battle of Wounded Knee, December 1890
• Nativist Fears Limit Chinese Immigration, May 1892
• The Homestead Strike Pits Labor Against Management, 1892
• Lynch Law Terrorizes Blacks in the South
• Coxey's Army Marches on Washington, 1894
• The Sinking of the Maine, Feb 15, 1898
• The Treaty of Paris Launches America as an Imperialist Power, Dec. 10, 1898
• The Turn of the 20th Century Brings Hopes and Fears
• President William McKinley Is Assassinated, Sept. 6, 1901
• America Backs the Panamanian Revolution, November 1903
• The Socialist Party Challenges the Status Quo, 1904
• The Triangle Shirt Waist Factory Fire, March 25, 1911
• The Titanic Disaster, April 14, 1912
• Women Demand the Right to Vote, 1911-1912
• Congress Adopts the Federal Income Tax, February 1913
• The Prohibition Movement Gains in the States and Congress, 1900-1913
• Women March for Suffrage in Washington, March 1913
• The 17th Amendment Reforms the Senate, May 1913
• Ludlow Mine Massacre, April 1914
• Appendix A: Chronology, 1890-1914
• Appendix B: Newspapers Cited
• Bibliography

PDF Catalogs:

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