Sinclair Was Disappointed by the Impact of The Jungle by Kevin Mattson

Workers' Rights in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle 

by Social Issues in Literature/ Greenhaven Press

Chapter 2:The Jungle and Workers' Rights

1. Sinclair Was Disappointed by the Impact of The Jungle by Kevin Mattson

 

Kevin Mattson, "Socialist 'Celebrity': 1905-1914," Upton Sinclair and the Other American Century, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2006, pp. 59-67. Copyright © 2006 by Kevin Mattson. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

 

Intro

 

 

 

The Right Time for Reform

 

 

 

 

Chicago: The Perfect Setting

 

 

 

An Equal OpportunityExploiter

 

 

 

 

Men Treated Like Animals

 

 

 

 

 

The Reality of Jurgis's American Dream

 

 

 

 

A Disappointing Impact