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by Upton Sinclair

ISBN13: 9781593081645
ISBN10: 1593081642
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The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:

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Upton Sinclair’s muckraking masterpiece The Jungle centers on Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant working in Chicago’s infamous Packingtown. Instead of finding the American Dream, Rudkus and his family inhabit a brutal, soul-crushing urban jungle dominated by greedy bosses, pitiless con-men, and corrupt politicians.

While Sinclair’s main target was the industry’s appalling labor conditions, the reading public was most outraged by the disgusting filth and contamination in American food that his novel exposed. As a result, President Theodore Roosevelt demanded an official investigation, which quickly led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug laws. For a work of fiction to have such an impact outside its literary context is extremely rare. (At the time of The Jungle’s publication in 1906, the only novel to have led to social change on a similar scale in America was Uncle Tom’s Cabin.)

Today, The Jungle remains a relevant portrait of capitalism at its worst and an impassioned account of the human spirit facing nearly insurmountable challenges.

Maura Spiegel teaches literature and film at Columbia University and Barnard College. She is the coauthor of The Grim Reader and The Breast Book: An Intimate and Curious History. She coedits Literature and Medicine, a journal.

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Upton Sinclair's muckraking masterpiece The Jungle centers on Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant working in Chicago's infamous Packingtown. Instead of finding the American Dream, Rudkus and his family inhabit a brutal, soul-crushing urban jungle. While Sinclair's main target was the industry's appalling labor conditions, the reading public was most outraged at the disgusting filth and garbage in the American food industry. As a result, President Theodore Roosevelt called for an official investigation, which eventually led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug laws. Today, The Jungle remains a relevant portrait of capitalism at its worst.

About the Author

Maura Spiegel teaches literature and film at Columbia University and Barnard College. She is the coauthor of The Grim Reader and The Breast Book: An Intimate and Curious History. She coedits Literature and Medicine, a journal.

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ISBN:: 9781593081645
Introduction:: Spiegel, Maura
Publisher:: Barnes & Noble Classics
Introduction:: Spiegel, Maura
Illustrator:: Spiegel, Maura
Author:: Sinclair, Upton
Subject:: General
Subject:: Classics
Subject:: United States - 20th Century
Subject:: Immigrants
Subject:: Working class
Subject:: Political fiction
Edition Description:: Hardcover
Series:: Barnes & Noble Classics
Publication Date:: September 2004
Binding:: Hardcover
Language:: English
Illustrations:: YES
Pages:: 400
Dimensions:: 8.72x6.34x1.33 in. 1.25 lbs.

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