... were forced to work under unpleasant conditions." "The Jungle's influence on the "real world" is extraordinary for a literary work. Sinclair's 1906 landmark novel is credited with awakening the widespread public fury that led to the rapid passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906), a watershed in consumer protection and government legislation (Norton)". Sinclair traveled to the stockyards of Chicago in ... ...

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