A pivotal book that changed life in the United States, Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle is one of the great radical novels of the twentieth century. Graphic, provocative, and uniquely impactful, the book traces the life of an immigrant family in pursuit of the American Dream in Chicago’s meatpacking district. Sinclair’s book pushed radical food safety regulation through Congress, got him invited to the White House to meet with President Roosevelt, and set him on a career exposing the contradictions at the heart of American capitalism. The Jungle has lost none of the force that made it an instant bestseller. Its rallying cry to fundamentally change the system remains urgently relevant today.
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Contents
Chapter 11
Chapter 216
Chapter 324
Chapter 433
Chapter 542
Chapter 650
Chapter 757
Chapter 865
Chapter 971
Chapter 1078
Chapter 1186
Chapter 1293
Chapter 1399
Chapter 14105
Chapter 15111
Chapter 16121
Chapter 17128
Chapter 18136
Chapter 19144
Chapter 20152
Chapter 21160
Chapter 22168
Chapter 23177
Chapter 24185
Chapter 25195
Chapter 26210
Chapter 27223
Chapter 28234
Chapter 29245
Chapter 30252
Chapter 31262
Afterword by Ulrich Baer275
Biographical Timeline288
Circa l’autore
Ulrich Baer is University Professor at New York University and has been awarded Guggenheim, Getty, and Humboldt fellowships. He has published introductions to numerous classic works of literature and philosophy and hosts the book-based podcast Think About It.
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