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'''''King Coal''''' is a book by [[Upton Sinclair]], first published in [[1917 in literature|1917]], that exposes the dirty working conditions in the [[coal mining]] industry in the western [[United States]] during the 1910s. As in an earlier work, ''[[The Jungle]]'', Sinclair expresses his [[socialist]] viewpoints from the perspective of a single protagonist, Hal Warner, caught up in the schemes and plots of the oppressive American [[capitalism|capitalist]] system. The book itself is based on the 1914-1915 Colorado coal strikes. |
'''''King Coal''''' is a book by [[Upton Sinclair]], first published in [[1917 in literature|1917]], that exposes the dirty working conditions in the [[coal mining]] industry in the western [[United States]] during the 1910s. As in an earlier work, ''[[The Jungle]]'', Sinclair expresses his [[socialist]] viewpoints from the perspective of a single protagonist, Hal Warner, caught up in the schemes and plots of the oppressive American [[capitalism|capitalist]] system. The book itself is based on the 1914-1915 Colorado coal strikes. |
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King Coal is a book by Upton Sinclair, first published in 1917, that exposes the dirty working conditions in the coal mining industry in the western United States during the 1910s. As in an earlier work, The Jungle, Sinclair expresses his socialist viewpoints from the perspective of a single protagonist, Hal Warner, caught up in the schemes and plots of the oppressive American capitalist system. The book itself is based on the 1914-1915 Colorado coal strikes.
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