Physical Description
xii, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Sowing the seeds of Revolution
Abolition: turning America's conscience against the sins of slavery
Slowing the momentum for women's rights
Attacking municipal corruption: the Tweed ring
Journalism as warmonger: the Spanish-American War
Muckraking: the golden age of journalism
Defying the Ku Klux Klan
Father Coughlin: formenting anti-semitism via the radio
Creating "Rosie the Riveter": propelling the American woman into the workforce
Exposing Joe McCarthy: television's finest hour
Pushing the civil rights movement onto the national agenda
Vietnam War: bringing the battlefield into the American living room
Watergate forces the president to his knees
Rush Limbaugh: leading the Republican revolution
How the news media have shaped history: focusing on the how.
ISBN
0813332109
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sowing the seeds of Revolution -- Abolition: turning America's conscience against the sins of slavery -- Slowing the momentum for women's rights -- Attacking municipal corruption: the Tweed ring -- Journalism as warmonger: the Spanish-American War -- Muckraking: the golden age of journalism -- Defying the Ku Klux Klan -- Father Coughlin: formenting anti-semitism via the radio -- Creating "Rosie the Riveter": propelling the American woman into the workforce -- Exposing Joe McCarthy: television's finest hour -- Pushing the civil rights movement onto the national agenda -- Vietnam War: bringing the battlefield into the American living room -- Watergate forces the president to his knees -- Rush Limbaugh: leading the Republican revolution -- How the news media have shaped history: focusing on the how.
