The cry for justice
Subtitle: an anthology of the literature of social protest; the writings of philosophers, poets, novelists, social reformers, and others who have voiced the struggle against social injustice, selected from twenty-five languages, covering a period of five thousand years
By: ed. by Upton Sinclair ... with an introduction by Jack London ... illustrated with reproductions of social protest in art.
Publisher: The John C. Winston Company
Published: 1915
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 891
Subjects: Social problems
Description: Presents American author Upton Sinclair's selection of works of literature that portray American progressivism and reflect struggles against social injustice. Included are essays, stories, plays, and poems by such writers as Sinclair himself, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Zola, Kipling, Whitman, Shaw, Chesterton, Masefield, Galsworthy, London, Norris, Carlyle, Wilde, and many more.
Table of contents: title: Toil.; title: The chasm.; title: The outcast.; title: Out of the depths.; title: Revolt.; title: Martyrdom.; title: Jesus.; title: The church.; title: The voice of the ages.; title: Mammon.; title: War.; title: Country.; title: Children.; title: Humor.; title: The poet.; title: Socialism.; title: The new day.