Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal Revised Edition Contributor(s): Schlosser, Eric (Author) |
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ISBN: 0547750331 ISBN-13: 9780547750330 Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
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Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General - Business & Economics | Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism - Health & Fitness | Diet & Nutrition - Nutrition |
Dewey: 394.109 |
LCCN: 2012392290 |
Age Level: 14-UP |
Grade Level: 9-UP |
Lexile Measure: 1240(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" L (0.70 lbs) 384 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 57926 Reading Level: 10.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 22.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: New York Times Bestseller "Schlosser has a flair for dazzling scene-setting and an arsenal of startling facts . . . Fast Food Nation points the way but, to resurrect an old fast food slogan, the choice is yours."--Los Angeles Times In 2001, Fast Food Nation was published to critical acclaim and became an international bestseller. Eric Schlosser's expos revealed 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. The book changed the way millions of people think about what they eat and helped to launch today's food movement. In a new afterword for this edition, Schlosser discusses the growing interest in local and organic food, the continued exploitation of poor workers by the food industry, and the need to ensure that every American has access to good, healthy, affordable food. Fast Food Nation is as relevant today as it was a decade ago. The book inspires readers to look beneath the surface of our food system, consider its impact on society and, most of all, think for themselves. "As disturbing as it is irresistible . . . Exhaustively researched, frighteningly convincing . . . channeling the spirits of Upton Sinclair and Rachel Carson."--San Francisco Chronicle "Schlosser shows how the fast food industry conquered both appetite and landscape."--The New Yorker Eric Schlosser is a contributing editor for the Atlantic and the author of Fast Food Nation, Reefer Madness, and Chew on This (with Charles Wilson). |
Contributor Bio(s): Schlosser, Eric: - Eric Schlosser is a correspondent for the Atlantic. His work has also appeared in Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, the Nation, and The New Yorker. He has received a National Magazine Award and a Sidney Hillman Foundation Award for reporting. In 1998 Schlosser wrote an investigative piece on the fast food industry for Rolling Stone. What began as a two-part article for the magazine turned into the New York Times bestseller Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. His other books include Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market and Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food, a children's book he cowrote with Charles Wilson. |
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