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How the Other Half Lives
Written by Jacob Riis it describes the system of tenement housing that had failed, as he claims, due to greed and neglect from wealthier people.The story also describes a correlation between the high crime rate, drunkenness and reckless behavior of the poor and their lack of proper homes.Jacob Riis ends the story with a plan on how to the problem. -
The Rise of The Standard Oil Company
Written by Ida Tarbell. The History of the Standard Oil Company was an expose of the Standard Oil Company, run at the time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller.The story was credited with hastening the breakup of Standard Oil which came about in 1911. -
The Shame of Cities
The Shame of Cities is a book written by Lincoln Steffens. Published in1904, it reports on the workings of corrupt political machinesin several major U.S. cities. It is considered one of several early major pieces of muckracking journalism. -
The Jungle
Written by American journalists and novelist Upton Sinclair to potrat rhe harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants of the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities. The book also depicts the working class poverty, the lack of social supports, harsh and unpleasent living and working conditions among many workers. Sinclair was considered a muckraker who exposed corruption in government and business
