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The Jungle is a novel by American author and muckraking-journalist Upton Sinclair, known for his efforts to expose corruption in government and business in the early 20th century. [1] In 1904, Sinclair spent seven weeks gathering information while working incognito in the meatpacking plants of the Union Stock Yards in Chicago for the socialist ...
English: A 1920 imprint of Upton Sinclair's seminal 1906 book, The Jungle. From the collection of Harvard University's Baker Library and digitized by Google. From the collection of Harvard University's Baker Library and digitized by Google.
Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American author, muckraker, and political activist, and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California.
End Poverty in California (EPIC) was a political campaign started in 1934 by socialist writer Upton Sinclair (best known as author of The Jungle). The movement formed the basis for Sinclair's campaign for governor of California in 1934. The plan called for a massive public works program, sweeping tax reform, and guaranteed pensions. It gained ...
Helicon Home Colony was an experimental community formed by author Upton Sinclair in Englewood, New Jersey, United States, with proceeds from his novel The Jungle. Established in October 1906, it burned down in March 1907 and was disbanded. [ 1 ]
It was brought to notoriety by Upton Sinclair in his exposé on the American meat packing industry titled The Jungle. [1] Bubbly Creek originates near 38th Street, at the Racine Avenue Pump Station of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. It flows in a generally northward direction for approximately 6,600 feet (2,000 m ...
President Trump's threatened tariffs against Mexico, Canada and China went into effect Saturday evening.. By slapping a 25% wholesale tariff on both Mexico and Canada at once, Trump is taking a ...
Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle was first published as a serial in the Appeal to Reason, [8] between February 25, 1905, and November 4, 1905. [11] Chapter 30 includes a description of the newspaper, which was read by the novel's protagonist, Jurgis Rudkus. [12]