Saturday, January 8, 2011

Upton Sinclair's Fictional Novel The Jungle (Information on Three Books from Fremd Media Center)

January 8th, 2011


Upton Sinclair: American Rebel by Leon Harris


Chapter I Childhood (page 07)
Chapter II Youth and Ecstasy (page 20)
Chapter III Author and Lover (page 33)
Chapter IV The Death of a Poet (page 44)
Chapter V The Poet Transformed-Socialist and Historian (page 53) 
Chapter VI The Jungle, Part 1 (page 68)
Chapter VII The Jungle Part 2 (page 78)
Chapter VIII A Hard Act to Follow (page 91)
Chapter XXV Sinclair and The Critics (page 338)
Chapter XXVI What can One Man Do? (page 346)

Workers' Rights in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle 
by Social Issues in Literature/ Greenhaven Press

Chapter 1:Background on Upton Sinclair

1. The Life of Upton Sinclair
2. Sinclair Was an Idealist
3. Sinclair Was Defeated by the Forces He Attacked
4. The Jungle Was Written as a Cry for Social Justice

Chapter 2: The Jungle and Workers' Rights

1. The Jungle Depicted the Plight of Immigrant Workers
2. The Jungle Was Designed to Bolster the Labor Movement
3. Sinclair Distorted Conditions in Packingtown
4. The Jungle's Truths Cannot Be Ignored
5. Sinclair Was Disappointed by the Impact of The Jungle
6. The Jungle's Realism Undermines Its Socialist Message
7. Sinclair's Depiction of African American Strikebreakers Is Racist
8. The Jungle's Conclusion Weakens Sinclair's Message About Worker's Rights
9. The Jungle Is Still Relevant
10.Upton Sinclair Was Wrong: The American Dream is Alive
11.Conditions Depicted in The Jungle Are Returning

Chapter 3: Contemporary Perspectives on Workers' Rights

1. The United States Must Support Its Poorest Workers
2. Labor Unions Must Meet Workers' Needs in a Changing World
3. Immigrants Continue to Work in Dangerous Conditions
4. Young Women Are Vulnerable to Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
5. Globalization Exploits Child Labor
6. Global Workers Must Have a Voice
7. Women's Salaries Continue to Lab Behind Men's
8. Whistleblowers May Be as Fraudulent as the Corporations They Accuse

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