Worker's Rights in Upton Sinclair's the Jungle

by Gary Wiener

Book Overview

Upton Sinclair's work as a muckraking journalist in the early twentieth century led him to investigate and expose the dangerous conditions that immigrants and minority workers faced in manufacturing plants and factories. His novel, which cast these real-world conditions within a fictional setting, was so shocking that five major publishers refused to print his work until 1906. Its eventual publication has an enormous effect on social consciousness,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737740671
• ISBN13: 9780737740677
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 15 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12