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Oil! (California Fiction)

Oil! (California Fiction)

by UptonSinclair (Author)

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    Paperback 1997

    $17.63
Synopsis

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, Hollywood film starlets, and a crusading evangelist people the pages of this lively novel.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 542
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 11 Jun 1997
ISBN 10: 0520207270
ISBN 13: 9780520207271

Media Reviews
As sheer story Oil! is a tremendous piece of work, even greater in significance as a study of diverse personalities than as a social document; it is a modern Dombey and Son, but more vigorous, more poignant, and more honest. -- The Nation
Author Bio
Upton Sinclair (1878-1968), novelist and journalist, is best known for his novel about the Chicago meatpacking industry, The Jungle. A paperback edition of his I, Candidate for Governor is available from California. Jules Tygiel is the author of The Great Los Angeles Swindle: Oil, Stocks, and Scandal during the Roaring Twenties (paperback California, 1996) and The Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy. He is Professor of History at San Francisco State University.