The Brass Check
by Upton Sinclair
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About this eBook
- Author
- Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968
- Title
- The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism
- Credits
- Richard Tonsing, MFR, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
- Subject
- Press -- United States
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 64657
- Release Date
- February 28, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE BRASS CHECK A Study of American Journalism
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.INTRODUCTORY
- 4.PART I THE EVIDENCE — CHAPTER I THE STORY OF THE BRASS CHECK — CHAPTER II THE STORY OF A POET — CHAPTER III OPEN SESAME! — CHAPTER IV THE REAL FIGHT — CHAPTER V THE CONDEMNED MEAT INDUSTRY — CHAPTER VI AN ADVENTURE WITH ROOSEVELT — CHAPTER VII JACKALS AND A CARCASE — CHAPTER VIII THE LAST ACT — CHAPTER IX AIMING AT THE PUBLIC’S HEART — CHAPTER X A VOICE FROM RUSSIA — CHAPTER XI A VENTURE IN CO-OPERATION — CHAPTER XII THE VILLAGE HORSE-DOCTOR — CHAPTER XIII IN HIGH SOCIETY — CHAPTER XIV THE GREAT PANIC — CHAPTER XV SHREDDED WHEAT BISCUIT — CHAPTER XVI AN INTERVIEW ON MARRIAGE — CHAPTER XVII “GAMING” ON THE SABBATH — CHAPTER XVIII AN ESSENTIAL MONOGAMIST — CHAPTER XIX IN THE LION’S DEN — CHAPTER XX THE STORY OF A LYNCHING — CHAPTER XXI JOURNALISM AND BURGLARY — CHAPTER XXII A MILLIONAIRE AND AN AUTHOR — CHAPTER XXIII THE “HEART WIFE” — CHAPTER XXIV THE MOURNING PICKETS — CHAPTER XXV THE CASE OF THE “A. P.” — CHAPTER XXVI A GOVERNOR AND HIS LIE — CHAPTER XXVII THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AT THE BAR — CHAPTER XXVIII THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND ITS NEWSPAPERS — CHAPTER XXIX THE SCANDAL-BUREAU — CHAPTER XXX THE CONCRETE WALL — CHAPTER XXXI MAKING BOMB-MAKERS — CHAPTER XXXII THE ROOF-GARDEN OF THE WORLD — CHAPTER XXXIII A FOUNTAIN OF POISON — CHAPTER XXXIV THE DAILY CAT-AND-DOG FIGHT
- 5.PART II THE EXPLANATION — CHAPTER XXXV THE CAUSES OF THINGS — CHAPTER XXXVI THE EMPIRE OF BUSINESS — CHAPTER XXXVII THE DREGS OF THE CUP — CHAPTER XXXVIII OWNING THE PRESS — CHAPTER XXXIX THE WAR-MAKERS — CHAPTER XL OWNING THE OWNERS — CHAPTER XLI THE OWNER IN POLITICS — CHAPTER XLII OWNING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — CHAPTER XLIII THE OWNER AND HIS ADVERTISERS — CHAPTER XLIV THE ADVERTISING BOYCOTT — CHAPTER XLV THE ADVERTISING ECSTASY — CHAPTER XLVI THE BRIBE DIRECT — CHAPTER XLVII THE BRIBE WHOLESALE — CHAPTER XLVIII POISON IVY — CHAPTER XLIX THE ELBERT HUBBARD WORM — CHAPTER L THE PRESS AND PUBLIC WELFARE — CHAPTER LI THE PRESS AND THE RADICALS — CHAPTER LII THE PRESS AND THE SOCIALISTS — CHAPTER LIII THE PRESS AND SEX — CHAPTER LIV THE PRESS AND CRIME — CHAPTER LV THE PRESS AND JACK LONDON — CHAPTER LVI THE PRESS AND LABOR — CHAPTER LVII THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND LABOR — CHAPTER LVIII “POISONED AT THE SOURCE” — CHAPTER LIX THE PRESS AND THE WAR — CHAPTER LX THE CASE OF RUSSIA — CHAPTER LXI “BOLSHEVISM” IN AMERICA
- 6.PART III THE REMEDY — CHAPTER LXII CUTTING THE TIGER’S CLAWS — CHAPTER LXIII THE MENTAL MUNITION-FACTORY — CHAPTER LXIV THE PROBLEM OF THE REPORTER — CHAPTER LXV THE PRESS SET FREE — CHAPTER LXVI A FRAME-UP THAT FELL DOWN — CONCLUSION — A PRACTICAL PROGRAM — PUBLISHER’S NOTE
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