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The Jungle (Penguin American Library) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The JungleUpton Sinclair's story exposed the conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the nineteenth century and brought into focus the odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled. This book was championed by the then president Theodore Roosevelt, and was a catalyst to the passing of the Pure Food and Meat Inspection act.
Full description- Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
- Published: 01 August 1989
- Format: Paperback 448 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Political & Legal | Historical Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9780140390315 ISBN 10: 0140390316
- Sales rank: 67,304
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Full description for The Jungle
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, this 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.
