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English
Bantam Books Inc
01 January 1982
In this powerful book we enter the world ofJurgis Rudkus, a young Lithuanian immigrant who arrivesin America fired with dreams of wealth, freedom,and opportunity. And we discover, with him, theastonishing truth about ""packingtown,"" thebusy, flourishing, filthy Chicago stockyards, wherenew world visions perish in a jungle of humansuffering. Upton Sinclair, master of the""muckraking"" novel, here explores the workingman'slot at the turn of the century- the backbreakinglabor, the injustices of ""wage-slavery,""the bewildering chaos of urban life. TheJungle, a story so shocking that itlaunched a government investigation, recreates thisstartling chapter if our history in unflinchingdetail. Always a vigorous champion on political reform,Sinclair is also a gripping storyteller, and his1906 novel stands as one of the most important --and moving -- works in the literature of socialchange.
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Imprint:   Bantam Books Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 174mm,  Width: 105mm,  Spine: 22mm
Weight:   193g
ISBN:   9780553212457
ISBN 10:   0553212451
Pages:   400
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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.

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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 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 -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 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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