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Upton Sinclair's story exposed the conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the nineteenth century and brought into focus the odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled. This book was championed by the then president Theodore Roosevelt, and was a catalyst to the passing of the Pure Food and Meat Inspection act.
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The Jungle, Upton Sinclair
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- 1985
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- Title
- The Jungle
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Upton Sinclair
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publisher
- 1985
- ISBN10
- 0140390316
- ISBN13
- 9780140390315
- Category
- Fiction, Beloved classics
- Description
- Upton Sinclair's story exposed the conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the nineteenth century and brought into focus the odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled. This book was championed by the then president Theodore Roosevelt, and was a catalyst to the passing of the Pure Food and Meat Inspection act.