Gustavus Myers

Gustavus Myers (March 20 1872 – December 7 1942) was an American reporter, historian and feature writer. His name is associated with the muckraking era of American literature.

In 1984, the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights was founded. Since 2001, the organization gives out an award for books "which extend our understanding of the root causes of bigotry and the range of options we as humans have in constructing alternative ways to share power" [ [http://www.myerscenter.org/ Gustavus Myers Center's Web site] , retrived January 28, 2008] .

Works

* "History of Public Franchises in New York City". New York, 1900.
* "The History of Tammany Hall". New York, 1901; with additions, 1917.
* "History of the Great American Fortunes". 3 vols., Chicago, 1909-1910 ; 1 vol., New York, 1936 ;
** in German: "Geschichte der grossen Vermogen in Amerika". 2 vols., Berlin, 1923.
* "Beyond the Borderline of Life". Boston, 1910.
* "History of The Supreme Court of the United States". Chicago, 1912.
* "A History of Canadian Wealth", 1914.
* “A Study of the Causes of Industrial Accidents,” in "Journal of the American Statistical Association" 14 (Sept. 1915): 672-694.
* "The German Myth; the falsity of Germany's "social progress" claims". New York, 1918.
* "Ye Olden Blue Laws". New York, 1921.
* "The History of American Idealism". New York, 1925.
* "America Strikes Back; a record of contrasts". New York, 1935.
* "The Ending of Hereditary American Fortunes". New York, 1939.
* "History of Bigotry in the United States". New York, 1943. Published posthumously.

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External links

* [http://yamaguchy.netfirms.com/7897401/myers/myers_index.html Gustavus Myers books] - many of his books readable online
* [http://www.myerscenter.org/ Gustavus Myers Center]
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