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CENTRAL IDEAS
IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM:

A Narrative History
by Marvin Olasky


For Peter, David, and Daniel, and one to come

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements

Introduction
PART ONE: RISE OF THE CORRUPTION STORY

Chapter 1: Unnatural Acts

Chapter 2: Perils of the Puritan Press

Chapter 3: A New Planting of the Corruption Story
PART TWO: MACROSTORIES IN CONFLICT

Chapter 4: The Establishment of American Press Liberty

Chapter 5: First Surge of the Oppression Story

Chapter 6: The Great Debates of Journalism

PART THREE: BREAKTHROUGH OF THE OPPRESSION STORY

Chapter 7: The Irrepressible Conflict in the Press

Chapter 8: Obstacles to Power

Chapter 9: Of Muckrakers and Presidents

APPENDICES:

A. 16th-,17th-, and 18th-Century Moral Tales

B. Journalism Historians and Religion

C. Methodological Notes

D. Defending the Corruption Story

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