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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: 1593081642
  • ISBN: 9781593081645
  • Physical Description: xxv, 374 pages ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004, �2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published in 1906.
"Published in 2003 by Barnes & Noble Classics with new Introduction, Notes, Biography, Chronology, Inspired by, Comments & Questions, and for Further Reading. Hardcover edition published in 2004"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
"For further reading": pages 373-374.
Subject:
Lithuanian Americans > Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.) > Fiction.
Working class > Fiction.
Stockyards > Fiction.
Immigrants > Fiction.
Genre:
Political fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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