Sinclair Distorted Conditions in Packingtown

Workers' Rights in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle 

by Social Issues in Literature/ Greenhaven Press

Chapter 2:The Jungle and Workers' Rights

1. Sinclair Distorted Conditions in Packingtown by Louise Carroll Wade 

 

 

Louise Carroll Wade. "The Problem with Classroom Use of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle," Amerian Studies, vol. 32, no. 2, fall 1991, pp.79-101. Copyright © Mid-American Studies Association, 1991. Reproduced by permission of the publisher.

 

Intro

 

 

 

 

Sinclair Distorted Workers' Wages

 

 

 

 

Sinclair Exaggerated Housing Woes

 

 

 

 

A Typical Neighborhood

 

 

 

 

The Church and the Saloons

 

 

 

 

A Farcical Treatment of Politics