The JungleAnn Arbor Editions LLC, 2006 - 333 pages One of the most harrowing novels ever written, this vivid depiction of the meatpacking industry in Chicago not only aroused the indignation of the public but was instrumental in bringing about the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act. |
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... thousand men to sixteen and a half cents , and it was said that old man Jones had vowed he would put them to fifteen before he got through . There were a million and a half of men in the country looking for work , a hundred thousand of ...
... thousand men to sixteen and a half cents , and it was said that old man Jones had vowed he would put them to fifteen before he got through . There were a million and a half of men in the country looking for work , a hundred thousand of ...
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... thousand people , of a dozen different tongues , through six long weeks of hunger and disappointment and despair . Meantime the packers had set themselves definitely to the task of making a new labor force . A thousand or two of strike ...
... thousand people , of a dozen different tongues , through six long weeks of hunger and disappointment and despair . Meantime the packers had set themselves definitely to the task of making a new labor force . A thousand or two of strike ...
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... thousand members , and there were fourteen hundred of them in all , with a total of about twenty - five thousand members , who paid dues to support the organi- zation . “ Local Cook County , " as the city organization was called , had ...
... thousand members , and there were fourteen hundred of them in all , with a total of about twenty - five thousand members , who paid dues to support the organi- zation . “ Local Cook County , " as the city organization was called , had ...
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Section 2 | 21 |
Section 3 | 30 |
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