The Jungle

late 19th century; rapid industrialization; factory system Upton Sinclair investigates unsanitary conditions of slaughterhouses leading to inspection criteria by government ... inception of the Food and Drug administration (F.D.A.)

Synopsis: 

Sinclair writes about the horrors of the slaughterhouse, their barbarous working conditions, the crushing poverty, the disease and the despair, all through the eyes of Jurgis Rudkus. Jurgis Rudkis is a young immigrant who came to the New World to build a home for himself and his family.

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