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Mentioned in 36 episodes
The Jungle
Book • 1905
Published in 1906, 'The Jungle' follows the life of Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus and his family as they navigate the brutal realities of working-class life in Chicago's meatpacking district, known as Packingtown.
The novel highlights issues such as public health hazards, extreme poverty, and the cruel treatment of workers and animals.
Despite Sinclair's intention to expose labor abuses, the public reaction primarily focused on the sanitation issues in the meatpacking industry, leading to significant legislative changes, including the passage of the U.S.
Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act.
The novel highlights issues such as public health hazards, extreme poverty, and the cruel treatment of workers and animals.
Despite Sinclair's intention to expose labor abuses, the public reaction primarily focused on the sanitation issues in the meatpacking industry, leading to significant legislative changes, including the passage of the U.S.
Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act.
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, discussing its inaccuracies regarding the Chicago slaughter industry.

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while discussing the impact of Upton Sinclair's novel on food safety regulations.

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, referencing Upton Sinclair's fieldwork in Chicago which inspired the book.


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as a very important progressive tract that describes the meatpacking industry in Chicago and the squalor of the people who worked in it.


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in the context of the Pure Food and Drug Act and food purity concerns in 1906.

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