The Jungle. E-book. Formato Mobipocket - 9788822801869

The Jungle. E-book. Formato Mobipocket. An ardent activist, champion of political reform, novelist, and progressive journalist, Upton Sinclair is perhaps best known today for <i>The Jungle</i> &mdash; his devastating expos&eacute; 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, <i>The Jungle</i> 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 &mdash; unsuccessfully &mdash; to survive in an urban jungle.<br />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&#39;ve finished the last page.