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The jungle / Upton Sinclair ; with an introduction and notes by Maura Spiegel.

Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 (Author). Spiegel, Maura. (Added Author).

Summary:

A documentary novel portraying industry's conditions at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Sinclair's novel prompted public outrage which led President Theodore Roosevelt to demand an official investigation. This eventually led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug laws.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1593081189
  • ISBN: 9781593081188
  • Physical Description: xxv, 373 pages ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Published in 2003 by Barnes & Noble Classics with new Introduction, Notes, Biography, Chronology, Inspired by, Comments & Questions, and for Further Reading. Trade paperback edition published in 2005"--title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
"For further reading": pages 373-374.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8 22 5988.
Subject:
Immigrants > Fiction.
Lithuanian Americans > Fiction.
Stockyards > Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.) > Fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.
Proletarian fiction.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Rutherford County Library System.

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