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Upton Sinclairs Book The Jungl - Research Papers

Upton Sinclairs Book The Jungl

Upton Sinclair, he wrote a book called "The Jungle". The book was about the meat packing industry's in Chicago. What would the city of Chicago's meat industry be like without Upton Sinclair? The book described what the meat industry's were putting in the meat that the people of Chicago ate back in the early 1900's. Upton Sinclair was a muckraker in the 1900's, this period of time (the 1900's). Upton Sinclair and The Jungle made a positive impact on the city of Chicago. Sinclair lobbied for meat packing legislation. In the process "He encouraged and irritated president Roosevelt" (BloodWorth 66). The purpose of "The Jungle" was to "see what America would be like in Ten years. His prognosis ...

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he is na�ve in his disregard of human nature". Also "�his conclusions so perverted that the only effect can be only to disgust many honest sensible folk with the very terms he used so glibly" (Blinderman 103). Sinclair's book "The Jungle" effected the business of Chicago in a good way. "The Jungle" made laws come into effect to make meat packing, and the food safer. Today there is meat grading, the ink used today (that is used for stamping) is harmless, it is made from vegetable dye (Ziegler 374). Meat packing today has a price, it raises periodically because of inflation, it is presently at $26.40 per hour (Ziegler 374). When the meat inspection acts came out. The businesses that sold meat were selling it in better quality. More people would eat the meat because of the new good taste. The book 'The Jungle" made the businesses in Chicago more money, and it increased the safety of food. Sinclair effected the way Chicago people live, think, feel, and act in a good way. "The ...

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Added: 11/15/2006 05:30:55 PM
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