📚 1 Books mentioned in "What Americans Ate When There Were No Food Laws | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW" of Stuff You Should Know
Podcast: Stuff You Should Know
Episode: What Americans Ate When There Were No Food Laws | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Published on February 14, 2024
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
The Jungle
Buy The Jungle by Upton Sinclair on Amazon
Like you said, he was a hardcore socialist and a writer who wrote the very famous book The Jungle about... Well, most people who have never read The Jungle probably say, 'Yeah, it's about exposing the meatpacking in Chicago, right?'
In this segment, the podcast hosts discuss 'The Jungle' by Upton Sinclair, highlighting its critical role in revealing the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry in Chicago. They explain how this influential book led to significant reforms in food safety regulations, making it directly relevant to their episode’s focus on food regulation changes.