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The jungle / by Upton Sinclair ; with an introduction by Ronald Gottesman. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Penguin American libraryPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, (c)1985.Description: xxxv, 411 pages ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780140390315
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PS3537.S616.J864 1985
  • PS3537
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Subject: 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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Withdrawn G. Allen Fleece Library WITHDRAWN Fiction PS3537.I85.J85 1985 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for loan 31923001534409
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction PS3537.I85.J85 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001666672

Previous edition: New York : Penguin Books, 1974.

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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