The Jungle (Prairie State Books)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: February 1, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780252014949
Subjects: Classics; Fiction / General; General; Fiction; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Lithuanian Americans; Stockyards; Working class
Description: A story of the immigrant workers on the great Chicago meat companies' assembly lines, showing the dangerous working and living conditions, and the lack of support for the workers and their families by the ethnic, religious, and union institutions.