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The Jungle
Sinclair, Upton
http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/sinclair-upton/works/jungle/index.htmhttp://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/sinclair-upton/works/jungle/index.htm Year Published: 1906 Resource Type: Book Cx Number: CX10726 Upton Sinclair's sixth novel and first popular success, written when he was sent by the socialist weekly newspaper Appeal to Reason to Chicago to investigate conditions in the stockyards. Though intended to create sympathy for the exploited and poorly treated immigrant workers in the meat-packing industry, The Jungle instead aroused widespread public indignation at the quality of and impurities in processed meats and thus helped bring about the passage of federal food-inspection laws. Sinclair ironically commented at the time, "I aimed at the public's heart and by accident I hit it in the stomach." The Jungle is the most enduring of the works of the "muckrakers". Subject Headings |