The Jungle - Couverture rigide

Sinclair, Upton

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1680921916 ISBN 13 : 9781680921915

Editeur : 12th Media Services, 1906

Synopsis

An ardent activist, champion of political reform, novelist, and progressive journalist, Upton Sinclair is perhaps best known today for The Jungle -- his devastating exposé of the meat-packing industry. A protest novel he privately published in 1906, the book was a shocking revelation of intolerable labor practices and unsanitary working conditions in the Chicago stockyards. It quickly became a bestseller, arousing public sentiment and resulting in such federal legislation as the Pure Food and Drug Act.

The brutally grim story of a Slavic family who emigrates to America, The Jungle tells of their rapid and inexorable descent into numbing poverty, moral degradation, and social and economic despair. Vulnerable and isolated, the family of Jurgis Rudkus struggles -- unsuccessfully -- to survive in an urban jungle.

A powerful view of turn-of-the-century poverty, graft, and corruption, this fiercely realistic American classic is still required reading in many history and literature classes. It will continue to haunt readers long after they've finished the last page.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: 12th Media Services
• Date d'édition: 1906
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1680921916
• ISBN 13: 9781680921915
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 206
• Éditeur: Darnell Tony
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible