Fast Food Nation
The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
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Schlosser's myth-shattering survey stretches from California's subdivisions where the business was born to the industrial corridor along the New Jersey Turnpike where many fast food's flavors are concocted. Along the way, he unearths a trove of fascinating,... more
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Reviews and Recommendations
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Richard Branson Founder/Virgin GroupToday is World Book Day, a wonderful opportunity to address this #ChallengeRichard sent in by Mike Gonzalez of New Jersey: Make a list of your top 65 books to read in a lifetime. (Source)
Carl Honoré This book again pulled together a lot of things I was hearing about in a journalistic, methodical, rigorous fashion. I found it a very alarming read, but also a reassuring one. One of the charges leveled at those who sing the praises of slowness is that we can get tarred with the brush of new ageism or airy fairyness. I’m not at all from that school. I’m a journalist and rigorous, and I know that Eric Schlosser is the same. Everything in Fast Food Nation is fact-checked. (Source)
Barry Estabrook Eric Schlosser takes apart a single fast-food meal and shows not only how it affects our health but also how the people who serve it to you are treated. He also looks at how the people in the slaughterhouses working with the cattle are treated, and so it shows you the true picture of the all-American meal – burgers and fries. (Source)
Antonio Eram This book was recommended by Antonio when asked for titles he would recommend to young people interested in his career path. (Source)
Rankings by Category
Fast Food Nation is ranked in the following categories:
- #4 in Agriculture
- #12 in Brooklyn
- #19 in Capitalism
- #13 in Conversation
- #12 in Culture
- #31 in Current
- #11 in Current Affairs
- #9 in Diet
- #10 in Documentaries
- #36 in Environment
- #9 in Environmental Studies
- #27 in Environmentalism
- #7 in Events
- #38 in Farming
- #4 in Food
- #7 in Food Science
- #8 in Health
- #26 in Human Resources
- #12 in Journalism
- #42 in Nonfiction
- #5 in Nutrition
- #78 in Politics
- #19 in Public
- #29 in Public Health
- #52 in Real Life
- #27 in Social Sciences
- #25 in Social Studies
- #45 in Social Work
- #13 in Sociology
- #15 in Sustainability
- #53 in Thought
- #10 in Vegetarian
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