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020			_a9781940849683
082	1		_aFIC SIN _2
100	1		_aSinclair, Upton _d(, 1878-1968)
245	1	0	_aThe jungle _c/ Upton Sinclair
260			_aUSA _c, _c1906
300			_a302 p. _c; 24 cm.
520			_aThis angry novel created a furor when it was originally published in 1906. The author painfully details the sorrows of a Lithuanian immigrant family working in Chicago's meat-packing plants during the bad old days before worker's compensation and disability, unemployment insurance, social security, fair labor practices, and court-appointed lawyers. In addition to losing their home, the family endure the deaths of a grandfather, an uncle, a child, a mother and her second child (in childbirth), the older children (to the streets), and finally the cherished firstborn son. By exposing the horribly unsanitary practices in the plants, this novel prompted federal legislators to protect the public from unsafe meat.
546			_aEnglish.
650		4	_aLithuanian Americans _x-Fiction
650		4	_aWorking class _x-Fiction
650		4	_aMeat industry and trade _x-Fiction
650		4	_aImmigrants _v--Fiction
650		4	_aPoverty _x-Fiction
651		4	_aChicago (Ill.) _x-Fiction
651		4	_aUnited States _x-Social conditions _y-1865-1918 _x-Fiction
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