Additional Resources for The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

The Jungle For Further Study

William A. Bloodworth Jr., Upton Sinclair, Twayne, 1977.

A brief, comprehensive, scholarly look at the author’s
career and how his political activities intertwined
with his social goals.

Floyd Dell, Upton Sinclair: A Study in Social Protest, Doran, 1927.

Dell was a prominent writer and social activist in Sin-clair’s
time, and his critical study tends to view Sinclair
and his achievements favorably.

Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the Industrial Workers of the World, Quadrangle Books, 1969.

Over five hundred pages is given to examination of
the politicized union that few readers know about today,
but that influenced labor relations throughout the
twentieth century.

Thomas J. Jablonsky, Pride in the Jungle: Community and Everyday Life in Back of the Yards Chicago, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993.

A full-spectrum look at the area, keeping readers current
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