Oil! by Upton Sinclair

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Oil! by Upton Sinclair

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Summary

Provides a picture of the development of the oil industry in Southern California. This novel features senators, small investors, oil magnates, a Hollywood film star, and a crusading evangelist.

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Oil! by Upton Sinclair

Sinclair's 1927 novel did for California's oil industry what "The Jungle" did for Chicago's meat-packing factories. In "Oil!" Upton Sinclair fashioned a novel out of the oil scandals of the Harding administration, providing in the process a detailed picture of the development of the oil industry in Southern California. Bribery of public officials, class warfare, and international rivalry over oil production are the context for Sinclair's story of a genial independent oil developer and his son, whose sympathy with the oilfield workers and socialist organizers fuels a running debate with his father. Senators, small investors, oil magnates, a Hollywood film star, and a crusading evangelist people the pages of this lively novel.

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ISBN 13 9780141031705
ISBN 10 0141031700
Title Oil!
Author Upton Sinclair
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2008-02-07
Number of pages 560
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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