McClure's Magazine and the Muckrakers

Harold S. Wilson

Published by Princeton University Press 1970

McClure's Magazine and the Muckrakers

Harold S. Wilson

Volume 1312 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400872305

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McClure's was the leading muckraking journal among the many which flourished at the turn of the century. Both a literary and political magazine, It introduced exciting new writers to the American scene (Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, A. Conan Doyle) and fearlessly championed the important causes of the day (from betterment of conditions in the coal mines to antitrust measures).

This is the story of McClure's lifespan, beginning in Ohio when Samuel McClure gathered around himself a talented group of editors and writers (among them Willa Cather. Frank Norris. Stephen Crane, O. Henry. Hamlin Garland) and continuing to the magazine's last days in New York City. The growing concern of the staff about American urban and commercial life led to such exposes as Ida Tarbell's History of Standard Oil and Lincoln Steffens' Shame of the Cities. McClure's was a channel for those determined to combat the ills of society, and one of the first voices of the emerging Progressive Party.

Originally published in 1970.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Chapter I. The Imprint of Abolitionism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter II. An Apprenticeship in the Publishing World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
Chapter III. “My Blood Is Like Champagne”62 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
Chapter IV. The Making of a Magazine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
Chapter V. A Magazine of Reporters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Chapter VI. “McClure's Is Edited with Clairvoyance” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
Chapter VII. The Genesis of Muckraking Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Chapter VIII. The Second Decade: The Problem of Lawlessness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
Chapter IX. The Great Schism and Afterwards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
Chapter X. Government by Magazine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
Chapter XI. The State of the State Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
Chapter XII. The Structuring of Power—The Way Out Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Chapter XIII. The Finale of Laissez-Faire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Chapter XIV. “Society the Juggernaut; Man the Devotee?” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	284
Chapter XV. “Two Revolts Against Oligarchy” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	310
Bibliographical Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331