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Ida Tarbell's masterly work of investigative journalism leaves the reader longing for a principled, hard-working, thorough and hard-working reporter such as Ida Tarbell and her fellow idealists at McClure's Magazine at the turn of the 20th Century. She and her colleagues came... Read Full Overview

Ida Tarbell was a famous journalist and author who wrote a bunch of scathing works about the robber barons and monopolies at the turn of the century, helping steer public opinion towards the kind of progressive policies and anti-trust laws passed by President Theodore Roosevelt... Read Full Overview

Ida Tarbell wrote a searing work on the corruption and greed of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company, which made Rockefeller one of the richest men in history. Tarbell's work was so influential that it helped shape perception of robber barons and helped bring about regulations... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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AN INVESTIGATION INTO A MONOPOLY
The History of the Standard Oil Company is a classic investigation into the Standard Oil Company.
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