Publisher's Synopsis
Upton Sinclair authored the Jungle in 1906 as a method to promote socialism in the United States. Nevertheless, a lot of readers were far more enthusiastic about a number of sections that covered health problems and sanitary practices in the American Meat packing industry in the early 20th century - something which led to reforms like the meat Inspection Act.
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*Biographical Information:
Sinclair also involved in extreme politics in Los Angeles in that time. Sinclair, for instance, dealt with a gathering at the San Pedro Maritime Strike in a area today called Liberty Hill in 1923 to protect Industrial Workers of the World's rights to free speech.
