The Jungle

Upton Sinclair's story exposed the conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the nineteenth century and brought into focus the odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled. This book was championed by the then president Theodore Roosevelt, and was a catalyst to the passing of the Pure Food and Meat Inspection act.

Povestea lui Upton Sinclair a expus conditiile din curtile din Chicago la inceputul secolului al XIX-lea si a scos in evidenta sansele impotriva carora se luptau imigrantii si alti muncitori. Aceasta carte a fost sustinuta de presedintele de atunci Theodore Roosevelt si a fost un catalizator pentru adoptarea actului de inspectie a alimentelor pure si a carnii.