The jungle

by Upton Sinclair

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Published 1980 by New American Library in New York .
Written in English.

Subjects

Slaughtering and slaughter-houses, In library, Sociology, Accessible book, Lithuanian Americans, Fiction, OverDrive, Historical Fiction, Emigration and immigration, Packing-houses, Stockyards, Meat industry and trade, Corrupt practices, Open Library Staff Picks, Large type books, Classic Literature, Working class, Political corruption, Beef industry, Immigrants, Meat industry, Capitalism, Trade unions, Lithuanians in the United States, History, Factories, Law and legislation, Slaughtering and slaughterhouses, Corruption (in politics), Spanish language, Nonfiction, Protected DAISY, Social conditions, Politics

People

Upton Sinclair (1878-1968)

Places

Chicago (Ill.), Illinois, Chicago, United States

Times

1865-1918

About the Book

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 appalling 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.