Ida M. Tarbell: Tarihçi

This thesis focuses on Ida M. Tarbell, one of the most influential literaryfigures of the late 19th and early 20th century in the United States. She has beenrecognized as the pioneer of investigative journalism and generally referred to as amuckraker. This study, however, will argue that she was primarily a historian. Byputting her two significant historical works, Life of Lincoln and The History of theStandard Oil Company, into the center of analysis and by exploring her career ingeneral, it will try to demonstrate Tarbell?s qualities as a historian and hercontribution to the history discipline. In general terms, it aspires to explore Tarbell?sposition in American literary, social and economic history.