Article ID: CBB563474141

Truth in the Jungle of Literature, Science, and Politics: Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and Food Control Reforms during the Progressive Era (2020)

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The author uses insights from the history of knowledge and political history to consider the Progressive Era novel "The Jungle," by Upton Sinclair. Topics considered include the novel's accounts of slaughterhouses, its influence on the politics of food laws, the theory of speech acts forwarded by Jürgen Habermas, and food purity and adulteration.

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Authors & Contributors
Blum, Deborah L.
Booker, Matthew Morse
Cobos Buenos, José Miguel
Creager, Angela N. H.
Dunn, Elizabeth Cullen
Erdheim, Cara
Journals
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
The Bridge: Journal of the National Academy of Engineering
Business History Review
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Food, Culture and Society
Historische Zeitschrift
Publishers
University of California Press
Texas A&M University
Berghahn Books
Princeton University Press
Texas A and M University
Penguin Press
Concepts
Food industry and trade
Food safety
Food and foods
Public health
Food science; food technology
Agriculture
People
Sinclair, Upton Beall
Roosevelt, Theodore
Sabin, Florence Rena
Wiley, Harvey Washington
Heinz, Henry J.
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
21st century
Places
United States
China
Germany
Spain
England
South Korea
Institutions
United States. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA)
United States. Food and Drug Administration
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