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The Jungle (Excerpt)
Upton Sinclair's novel about immigrant workers in Chicago's meatpacking plants shocked readers when it was first published in 1906. Sinclair hoped the novel would awaken Americans to the evils of capitalism; the main character Jurgis ends the novel [...]
Tags: Progressivism
Item Type: Fiction/Poetry
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)