ESSAY ON: Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle”: Insight into the Progressive Era of the Early Twentieth Century

Number of Pages 5

This research paper: A 5 page discussion of the parallels drawn by Upton Sinclair’s 1906 book and the period which would come to be known as the Progressive era. The author of this paper contends that “The Jungle” exposes this period in a manner in which few of his time dared. Sinclair attacked one of the basic building blocks of American society, the sacred institution of capitalism. His book infiltrated Chicago’s stockyards to expose the deplorable conditions those who worked in those stockyards were forced to endure. This paper reviews similar injustices which existed elsewhere in American industry during this time in history. Bibliography lists 6 sources.


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