Friedrich Engels and Upton Sinclair: Chicago and Manchester

Friedrich Engels and Upton Sinclair's works of literature both had one agenda: exposure of workplace and housing conditions and workplace reform. Upton Sinclair's exposure of urban problems was different from that of Engels because Sinclair's writings and effort had an impact on government policy. "Upton Sinclair attacked the meat-packing industry in The Jungle, and Congress responded to the uproar by regulating the industry." (Edmondson, 1993) Sinclair made known the unsanitary conditions in Chicago's meatpacking industry, which …

…information about problems, unfair working and housing conditions, was extremely important to expose and truthful, his non-fiction style of writing was one that did not capture and keep one interested. References <Tab/><Tab/><Tab/><Tab/> Edmondson, Brad. Return of the Jungle. American Demographics; March 1993. Vol. 15 Iss. 3, p 2. LeGates, Richard T. and Frederic Stout. The City Reader. New York: Routledge, 2005.