{"product_id":"the-jungle-upton-sinclair-9781781398470","title":"The Jungle: (Unabridged)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Jungle \u003c\/em\u003eis Upton Sinclair's scathing indictment of the meat packing industry in the early 1900s. This novel, which follows the Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus and his family in their doomed struggle for survival in the brutal world of the Chicago stock yards, became a bestseller and changed history. The exposure of the appalling labor conditions and the unsanitary practices led to a public outcry, and eventually reforms, including the Meat Packing Act. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the time, fellow writer Jack London called \u003cem\u003eThe Jungle \"\u003c\/em\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/em\u003e of wage slavery.\" Eric Schlosser's more recent assessment is \u003cem\u003e''The Jungle \u003c\/em\u003e. . . captures something essential about the American immigrant experience and the workings of a brutal industrial system. It transcends the specifics of one historical era and sadly remains relevant to our own.'' Sinclair's novel is now read both as literature and as history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpton Sinclair, journalist, novelist, political activist and gubernatorial candidate, has featured on the cover of Time magazine and is remembered for \u003cem\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/em\u003e and the wry saying \"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Upton Sinclair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 178139847X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781781398470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Benediction Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.58d","brand":"Upton Sinclair","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46383972221183,"sku":"9781781398470","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c8aac02-b3ce-40bc-84cc-5a804e4a4067.jpg?v=1733282262","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-jungle-upton-sinclair-9781781398470","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}