News and Exposé (Classic Works of Investigative Reporting in the United States - 2 Volumes)

Author: Lincoln Steffens
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Publish Date: 2000-05-01
Features: This set consists of two volumes. The first volume is "The Classic Collection of Exposing American Black," and the second volume is "Lincoln Steffens, the Pioneering Reporter of Exposing American Black, Autobiography." It introduces that in the second half of the 19th century, the U.S. capitalist economy had accumulated for nearly a century and reached unprecedented prosperity. Statistics show that in 1860, there were only 3 millionaires in the entire United States, but 40 years later, in 1900, there were 3,800 millionaires in the U.S. One-tenth of the population held nine-tenths of the nation's wealth.