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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal is a 2001 book by Eric Schlosser. [1] First serialized by Rolling Stone [2] in 1999, the book has drawn comparisons to Upton Sinclair's 1906 muckraking novel The Jungle. [3] The book was adapted into a 2006 film of the same name, directed by Richard Linklater.
Mar 13, 2012 · This fascinating study reveals how the fast food industry has altered the landscape of America, widened the gap between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and transformed food production throughout the world.
Fast Food Nation is a 2006 mockumentary political satire black comedy film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Linklater and Eric Schlosser. The film, an international co-production of the United States and the United Kingdom, is loosely based on Schlosser's bestselling 2001 non-fiction book Fast Food Nation .
May 4, 2007 · Fast Food Nation. When contaminated meat is placed in the freezer next to that used for a fast food chain's most famous sandwich, a marketing executive seeks to find out who did it and why, taking a journey through the dark side of American alimentation.
Nov 3, 2009 · Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. Paperback – November 3, 2009. Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad.
- Eric Schlosser
Fast Food Nation – the groundbreaking work of investigation and cultural history that has changed the way America thinks about the way it eats – and spent nearly four months on the New York Times bestseller list – now available on cassette!
Jan 17, 2001 · This fascinating study reveals how the fast food industry has altered the landscape of America, widened the gap between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and transformed food...
Mar 13, 2012 · Fast Food Nation provides the reader with a vivid sense of how fast food has permeated contemporary life and a fascinating (and sometimes grisly) account of the process whereby cattle and potatoes are transformed into the burgers and fries served up by local fast food franchises.
Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation is an attempt to describe how American eating and food-production patterns have changed since World War Two. Schlosser charts this transformation by tracking many different people: fast-food employees at franchises, and well-paid executives at fast-food conglomerates; ranchers and potato farmers in Colorado ...
Apr 18, 2024 · Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser says mergers and acquisitions have created food oligopolies that are inefficient, barely regulated and sometimes dangerous. His new documentary is Food,...