Hearts and Stomachs: Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle”
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Hearts and Stomachs: Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle”
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#2My favorite "fun" fact about The Jungle was that Sinclair originally meant the book to expose the working conditions of the meat packing plants, but instead everyone focused on the way the meat was processed and got up in arms about that instead. He apparently also had to tone down some of the book's more socialist leanings before being allowed to publish it.
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#3I read this in school and I am amazed how it stuck with me. The imagery of the factory, the workers, etc.
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#4I read this in school and I am amazed how it stuck with me. The imagery of the factory, the workers, etc.
Sinclair had an amazing economy of words. He could describe a scene so well in so few words, and simply.
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#5My favorite "fun" fact about The Jungle was that Sinclair originally meant the book to expose the working conditions of the meat packing plants, but instead everyone focused on the way the meat was processed and got up in arms about that instead. He apparently also had to tone down some of the book's more socialist leanings before being allowed to publish it. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle
Yes, the entire linked article is, in fact, about this!
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#6Odd that The Jungle is mentioned here. Does everyone realize that the US isn't doing any inspections of any food facilities any more?
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#7Odd that The Jungle is mentioned here. Does everyone realize that the US isn't doing any inspections of any food facilities any more?
Where are you getting this information? Can you provide a source?
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#8Odd that The Jungle is mentioned here. Does everyone realize that the US isn't doing any inspections of any food facilities any more?
Where are you getting this information? Can you provide a source?
I personally found this on google: https://www.eater.com/2020/3/23/21191632/fda-routine-food-su...
I’m not sure it’s what you’re referring to. This seems coronavirus specific. From the original comment I thought that inspections were suspended indefinitely.
Re: Hearts and Stomachs: Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle”
#9My favorite "fun" fact about The Jungle was that Sinclair originally meant the book to expose the working conditions of the meat packing plants, but instead everyone focused on the way the meat was processed and got up in arms about that instead. He apparently also had to tone down some of the book's more socialist leanings before being allowed to publish it. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle
The irony is that it is the exact opposite of the typical narrative myopia in only caring about people directly mentioned. Here everyone was horrified by the negligent cannibalism.
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#10Odd that The Jungle is mentioned here. Does everyone realize that the US isn't doing any inspections of any food facilities any more?
Well, we already turned the clock back past the New Deal let's just go ahead and strip away the Progressive Era as well.
I knew the FDA had drastically reduced the number of slaughterhouse inspectors but regulatory capture is the order of the day after all.