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Upton beall sinclair september 20, 1878 november 25, 1968 was a writer of many works from the united states. Upton sinclair was an american writer whose involvement with socialism led to a writing assignment about the plight of workers in the meatpacking industry, eventually resulting in. The book was written in the context of the harding administrations teapot dome scandal and takes place in southern california. Bribery of public officials, class warfare, and international rivalry over oil production are the context for sinclairs story of a genial independent. Complete summary of upton sinclairs oil enotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of oil bunny ross, son of an oil magnate, grows up to be a socialist millionaire while his. Sinclair was commissioned by the appeal to reason, a socialist journal of the period, to write a fictional expose on the working conditions of the immigrant laborers in the meat packing industry in chicago.
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