Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Upton Sinclair's the Jungle: Muckraking the Meat Packing Industry
The Jungle dives into the terrible working conditions in the meat-packing industry which led to investigations and new food safety laws.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Upton Beall Sinclair
Biography, selected publications, and a list of further reading.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Biography of Amer: Philip Armour and Packing House Conditions
Philip Armour, an industry titan in the meat industry, made his money by exploiting the need of his workers for jobs. Read about the deplorable conditions the workers endured in the packinghouses and in the shanty towns in which they...
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The Literature Network: Upton Sinclair
Biographical details on Upton Sinclair, noted American muckraker, social activist, essayist, and Pulitzer Prize winning author who wrote The Jungle (1906).