- Hardcover: 388 pages
- Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (May 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0252014944
- ISBN-13: 978-0252014949
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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When people ask me what has happened in my long lifetime I do not refer them to the newspaper files and to the authorities, but to [Sinclair s] novels. --George Bernard Shaw
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Upton Sinclair's most famous novel, "The Jungle" is the fictitious account of a family of Lithuanian immigrants living in Chicago and working in the Chicago's Union Stock Yards. While it is a work of fiction it brought to light the horrible working conditions of the Chicago meat-packing industry at the beginning of the 20th century. Sinclair, a noted socialist, showed the vast socio-economic divide between the haves and have-nots and the corrupt alignment of American politicians with the industrial-capitalist machine.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Ok, this book was written at the turn of century, but what do you think was the single greatest impetus for the FDA? This book is supposed to be fiction, but it is factual. I had an aunt that worked in Chicago in the early 20's and told me what went on with production of candies. YECCH. Read this book and it will change your mind about a lot of what we take for granted.
This is well written and deserves to be among the top 100 books of this century. It changed my mind and today I am constantly aware of consumer problems.
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This great novel exposes the appalling, brutal exploitation of American workers. Upton Sinclair shows how the employer uses unemployment to keep wages low and conditions vile.
He also shows how the employer Durham used immigration to undermine the workers. "The Bohemians had come then, and after them the Poles. People said that old man Durham himself was responsible for these immigrations; he had sworn that he would fix the people of Packingtown so that they would never again call a strike on him, and so he had sent his agents into every city and village in Europe to spread the tale of the chances of work and high wages at the stockyards. The people had come in hordes; and old Durham had squeezed them tighter and tighter, speeding them up and grinding them to pieces, and sending for new ones. The Poles, who had come by tens of thousands, had been driven to the wall by the Lithuanians, and now the Lithuanians were giving way to the Slovaks."
He also shows how the employer Durham used immigration to undermine the workers. "The Bohemians had come then, and after them the Poles. People said that old man Durham himself was responsible for these immigrations; he had sworn that he would fix the people of Packingtown so that they would never again call a strike on him, and so he had sent his agents into every city and village in Europe to spread the tale of the chances of work and high wages at the stockyards. The people had come in hordes; and old Durham had squeezed them tighter and tighter, speeding them up and grinding them to pieces, and sending for new ones. The Poles, who had come by tens of thousands, had been driven to the wall by the Lithuanians, and now the Lithuanians were giving way to the Slovaks."
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An outstanding book, one of many by Upton Sinclair that deserve reading. It gives a good account of the immigrant workers and conditions that some are still having to live and work in, in todays society. I know it would be hard but I would like to see this one in film as There will be blood was just up for an Oscar last year another one of Upton's books, but it was called Oil.
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Relentless exploitation...unfortunately polemic conclusion
I was staggered that such conditions existed in any industry even at the time in which the book was set. Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2000 by Hill Walker
Very good detail but repititive
Sinclair goes into excellent detail in The Jungle but the first 3/4's of the book are very repetitive. Read more
Published on 21 Jun 1999
Great book
This book was very good. I liked reading it, but the ending was not very good
Published on 31 Mar 1999
THIS BOOK WAS NOT AS GOOD AS I THOUGHT.
As I said in the top the book was good but not as good as I thought. I think that if you had nothing to do but read a book, than this is the book for you.
Published on 18 Mar 1999
This book sent out the truth about this time period.
I read this book for school and it opened my eyes of the hardships of the meat packing industry in that time. Read more
Published on 6 Mar 1999
A Constructive View
I work in construction. Push, push, push, speed up, even if it doesn't work. If we (or you) can't do the work, we (the company) will replace you (me). Read more
Published on 5 Mar 1999
Exquisitely written! I couldn't put it down.
The Jungle was seriously one of the best book I have ever read. I was forced to read it by my US History teacher. Read more
Published on 4 Mar 1999
Propaganda at its best . . .
I was somewhat disappointed by Sinclair's use of his book as a vehicle for his Socialist ideas. I believe everyone has a right to express his/her opinion, but I genuinely feel... Read more
Published on 28 Feb 1999
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Published on 9 Feb 1999
Very Graphic, Loved it `cept for the political junk
I LOVED this book the first time I read it, great graphic literature here. Sinclaire was right when he said " I aimed for their hearts but hit their stomachs in stead. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 1999
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