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Jungle (Prairie State Books)
Upton Sinclair
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Description for Jungle (Prairie State Books)
Paperback. Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a vivid portrait of life and death in a turn-of-the-century American meat-packing factory. A grim indictment that led to government regulations of the food industry, The Jungle is Sinclair's extraordinary contribution to literature and social reform. Series: Prairie State Book. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 991. Weight in Grams: 610.
One of the most important American novels of the twentieth century, The Jungle shocked a nation with its horrifying depiction of the meatpacking industry and the dangerous labor performed by its impoverished, exploited workers. In this first annotated edition of Upton Sinclair's muckraking classic, James Barrett provides students and scholars with a broader understanding of the events and the milieu that led Sinclair to write the book.
One of the most important American novels of the twentieth century, The Jungle shocked a nation with its horrifying depiction of the meatpacking industry and the dangerous labor performed by its impoverished, exploited workers. In this first annotated edition of Upton Sinclair's muckraking classic, James Barrett provides students and scholars with a broader understanding of the events and the milieu that led Sinclair to write the book.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Series
Prairie State Book
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252014802
SKU
V9780252014802
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Ref
99-2
About Upton Sinclair
James R. Barrett is professor emeritus of history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His works include The Irish Way: Becoming American in the Multi-Ethnic City and Work and Community in the Jungle: Chicago's Packinghouse Workers, 1894-1922.
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