Is "The Jungle" by Upton Sinnclair really a city novel?

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1.7, University of Potsdam (Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik), course: HS: Zwischen White City and Slum Fiction, language: English, abstract: The question being discussed in this paper is whether or not Upton Sinclair’sThe Junglecan be regarded as one of the great city novels in American Literature. It is a r...