The Jungle (Bantam Classics)

Sinclair, Upton; Dickstein, Morris [Contributor]

ISBN 10: 0553212451 / ISBN 13: 9780553212457

Published by Bantam Classics, 1981

Seller Inventory # 0553212451-3-21401875

Synopsis:

In this powerful book we enter the world of Jurgis Rudkus, a young Lithuanian immigrant who arrives in America fired with dreams of wealth, freedom, and opportunity. And we discover, with him, the astonishing truth about "packingtown," the busy, flourishing, filthy Chicago stockyards, where new world visions perish in a jungle of human suffering. Upton Sinclair, master of the "muckraking" novel, here explores the workingman's lot at the turn of the century: the backbreaking labor, the injustices of "wage-slavery," the bewildering chaos of urban life. The Jungle, a story so shocking that it launched a government investigation, recreates this startling chapter if our history in unflinching detail. Always a vigorous champion on political reform, Sinclair is also a gripping storyteller, and his 1906 novel stands as one of the most important -- and moving -- works in the literature of social change.

About the Author: Jane Jacobs is one of the most original economic and sociological thinkers of our day. Her books include the classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities and, most recently, The Nature of Economies, both of which are available in Modern Library clothbound editions. She lives in Toronto.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Jungle (Bantam Classics)
Publisher: Bantam Classics
Publication Date: 1981
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Condition: Good