King Coal (Heathen Edition) - Hardcover

Sinclair, Upton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1963228022 ISBN 13: 9781963228021

Verlag: Heathen Editions, 2024

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Upton Sinclair (1878-1968), a self-described socialist propagandist, was a prolific American author and trailblazing social crusader who sought to uncloak the "wage slavery" of workers by pioneering investigative journalism known as "muckraking." His 1906 exposé The Jungle blew the whistle on deplorable sanitary and labor conditions in the U.S. meatpacking industry, triggering a thunderous public outrage that contributed to the swift passage of both the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. Following the Ludlow Massacre - the seminal event of the 1913-1914 Colorado Coalfield War, and a strike identified as "one of the most grueling, long-lasting industrial conflicts in the history of the United States" - Sinclair focused his reformer attention on the coal mining industry with his 1917 novel King Coal, wherein the fuse ignites when Hal Warner relentlessly organizes a strike to help fellow coal miners unionize against a corrupt and exploitative coal baron, erupting in an explosive climax.

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Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) was an American novelist, journalist, and social reformer whose writings exposed corruption, inequality, and abuses of power. He wrote more than ninety books across many genres, but he is best remembered for The Jungle, the groundbreaking novel that brought national attention to the conditions of Chicago's meatpacking industry.A lifelong advocate for social change, Sinclair used his writing as a tool for investigating and challenging injustice. His works on labor, politics, and corporate influence made him one of the most prominent American muckrakers of the Progressive Era, and his influence on journalism and reform movements remains significant.

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• Verlag: Heathen Editions
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1963228022
• ISBN 13: 9781963228021
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 362
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