The Jungle

Name: The Jungle
Brand: Penguin Publishing Group
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By Upton Sinclair

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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. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Languages:: Original: English
Number of Pages:: 388
Age Recommendation:: 18 and up
Publisher:: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Date:: 2006-12-01
Release Date:: 2006-11-30
ISBN / EAN:: 9780143039587
Weight:: 472 g
Dimensions:: 15/22/3 cm

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