Chapter 1.3 Sinclair Was Defeated by the Forces He Attacked

Workers' Rights in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle 

by Social Issues in Literature/ Greenhaven Press

Chapter 1:Background on Upton Sinclair

3. Sinclair Was Defeated by the Forces He Attacked by Floyd Dell

 

Floyd Dell, "The Jungle," Upton Sinclair: A Study in Social Protest, New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927, pp.104-102. Copyright © 1927 by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc. Copyright renewed 1954 by Floyd Dell. Used by permission of the publisher.

 

Intro

 

 

 

An Empathetic Audience

 

 

 

Sinclair's Charges Are Confirmed

 

 

 

 

Business Interests Fight Back

 

 

 

 

The Jungle Did Not Improve Working Conditions

 

 

 

 

The Muckraking Era Climaxes

 

 

 

Muckraking Loses Favor with Readers