Upton Sinclair's dramatic and deeply moving story exposed the brutal conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the nineteenth century and brought into sharp moral focus the apalling odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled for their share of the American dream. Denounced by the conservative press as an un-American libel on the meatpacking industry, the book was championed by more progressive thinkers, including then president Theodore Roosevelt, and was a major catalyst to the passing of the Pure Food and Meat Inspection act, which has tremendous impact to this day.
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| ISBN: | 9780143039587 |
| Publication date: | 28th March 2006 |
| Author: | Upton Sinclair |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 388 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition |
| Genres: |
Migration, immigration and emigration Industrial arbitration and negotiation Trade unions History of the Americas |
Upton Sinclair's dramatic and deeply moving story exposed the brutal conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the nineteenth century and brought into sharp moral focus the apalling odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled for their share of the American dream. Denounced by the conservative press as an un-American libel on the meatpacking industry, the book was championed by more progressive thinkers, including then president Theodore Roosevelt, and was a major catalyst to the passing of the Pure Food and Meat Inspection act, which has tremendous impact to this day.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world.
The Jungle features in the following genres: Migration, immigration and emigration, Industrial arbitration and negotiation, Trade unions, History of the Americas
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The Jungle was written by Upton Sinclair and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group
The Jungle has 388 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition series