The Jungle - Upton Sinclair, New Edition

Industrialization, immigration, corporate and government responsibility, the limits of capitalist power-Upton Sinclair's The Jungle foregrounds classic American issues and themes that are still debated today. The subject of renewed scrutiny by scholars particularly interested in the novel's ecological and environmental messages, the work's depiction of a meat-processing plant pressed the U.S. government into taking steps to regulate the industry for the benefit of workers and consumers. Wit...