Forerunners of Revolution

Walter M. Brasch is Professor of Journalism at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. He is also the author of The Press and the State: Sociohistorical and Contemporary Interpretations (UPA, 1986).

• Chapter 1 Killing the RevolutionChapter 2 The People's ChampionsChapter 3 To Rob the BeesChapter 4 A Pandemic Invasion: "A Conspiracy of Silence," by Upton SinclairChapter 5 Treason Against the People: "The Man with the Muck-Rake," by Theodore RooseveltChapter 6 A New Social AwarenessChapter 7 The Final AssaultChapter 8 Case ReviewsChapter 9 BibliographyChapter 10 Index

...Brasch concludes by making an insightful and intriguing distinction between muckraking and investigative reporting.