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"In the 1870s, several large packing firms with headquarters at Chicago came to dominate the U.S. meatpacking industry, namely Armour and Company, Swift and Company, and Libby, McNeill and Libby."

This article tells the history of the meatpacking industry. The source gives fantastic historical background information for "The Jungle". The history goes from the beginning of meatpacking in America to the late 1900's. This source can also relate to the current horrible conditions of the workers in the meatpacking factories.

"By the end of the twentieth century, meatpacking work was done mostly by an immigrant and impoverished workforce laboring in dirty, dangerous surroundings, as the decline of organized labor and the rise of government deregulation pushed the industry into a state not so different from the days of Sinclair's The Jungle."

"The way TRUSTS concentrated wealth and economic power in the hands of a few business tycoons so alarmed the American public that Congress passed the SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT in 1890."

"At one point Standard Oil controlled more than 90 percent of the nation's petroleum refining."

This article explains the history of the regulations of businesses, federal and otherwise. The article describes certain laws to regulate the business sector and the purpose they serve. The article also gives historical examples of the power businesses gain without regulation. This article is relevant to the regulation and deregulation of businesses "Fast Food Nation" depicts.

This quote is designed for the consumers, as the businesses show no care for what happens to the people. As long as they provide the profits, the business can let them live unhealthy

This shows that the workers and consumers are at the dispense of the businesses as they dont have the power to overcome them. Due to their social and economic situations, the corporations can control their products and working conditions however they want

This article discusses one major consequence of Fast Food Nation, which deals with Trans Fats. Trans Fat is a type of fatty acid that is extremely unhealthy, and new legislation was passed in 2003, requiring all food labels to contain levels of trans fats. This is certainly a benefit of Schlosser's muckracking novel.

This illustrates the tough working conditions during the Great Depression through the "Joads struggle to find low-paid work". Due to the fact that the Joads are a symbol for the many migrant workers in the 1930s, this "struggle" was clear throughout the United States.

Source combines all three novels to describe social injutice. It talks about how the workers are exploit due to the overflow of labor and shows the management can do what they want because the supply of labor flow so freely

Nine Food and Drug Administration scientists have written a letter to President-elect Barack Obama asking him to fix the "broken" organization.

The FDA was created when Theodore Roosevelt was sickened after reading The Jungle. The meat industry was a sickening one in the late 1800s, but conditons have not gotten much better. Scientists writing to Obama about the failures of the FDA have cited that most of the money and resources goes into drug safety, while "the food side of the agency has lurched from one crisis to the next." This article shows that while Sinclair made food safety a relevant topic in America, the fight for clean meat is still not over.

Steinbeck shows the pain of the people through poor treatment by using dictions such as "denunciation" and "crime". As the tangent is established between the fields and the "Hoovervilles" is seen, it shows the contrast between the lives of the rich and the poor and how poor working conditions affect them

This review discusses the plight of the Joads and other Oklahomians to that of today's immigrants. The food industry of today, like that of the 1930s, depends on cheap, replacable laborers.

Great review of the Grapes of Wrath with specific topics brought out by the book.

The review talks about the specific angles of poverty, labor rights, unemployment, and discrimination. It also compares the plight of the "Okies" to the treatment of today's immigrants. Just as current immigrants have derogatory names, the "immigrant Okies" were hated by residents of California where they eventually resided. The fight for labor rights was a strong interest of Jim Casy, and later Tom's, who began organizing people soon after coming to California.

This quote shows that the economic system in America in unjust and provides poor condtions for the worker. The women of Grapes of Wrath are seen as symbols of the poor and demonstrate the theme of economic injustice

This quote shows the constant battle between humans against nature and society. Nature and society is symbolic of the poor working conditions and few jobs that they must overcome. By displaying the theme of the fight for better conditions, Steinbeck parallels this with his theme of helping others to show their differences

"In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion" This is incredibly shocking since employees are payed minimum wage meaning most of the profits end up in the pockets of the executives.