Oil!
4.3/ 5
6 ratings
About This Book
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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Book Details
First Published
1927
Pages
527 pages
Rating
4.3 / 5
Ratings
6
Editions
58
Publisher
Pràce
Language
HUN, SRP, DAN
Status
Published
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