The goal of both Upton Sinclair in the early 1900 and Ralph Nader in 1960 was to expose societal problems. Their
exposes were made public through writing fictional novels.
Upton
Sinclair, exposed the inhuman condition of a meat packing industry
through his novel The Jungle. His work led to the passage of legislation
requiring Federal inspection of meat. These passages were 1906 Pure
Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act.
Ralph Nader
published his book Unsafe at Any Speed. It was a critique of the safety
record of American automobile manufacturers, particularly the
first-generation Chevrolet Corvair.
Their works had significant influence
on social, political, and economic reforms.
