![]() The book was also converted into a young readers’ version in 2006 entitled Chew on This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food. Schlosser also provides gruesome details of the operations of a modern slaughterhouse, where production speed takes priority over safety, and in so doing, follows in Sinclair’s muckraking footsteps.įast Food Nation inspired the fictional 2006 film directed by Richard Linklater. Places such as Colorado Springs, Colorado, where suburban sprawl creates the same kind of homogeneity found in fast food restaurants, to Plauen, Germany, where Americana has supplanted the local culture, reveal the breadth and reach of the fast food industry. Schlosser likewise provides brief historical accounts of fast food’s origins and traces the exponential growth of the industry from its humble beginnings to its vastly powerful position in modern culture.ĭuring his research for the book, Schlosser visited many different places across the country and the world, and he portrays these places as victims of the fast food conquest. Following the precedent of Upton Sinclair’s famous 1906 work The Jungle, Schlosser provides readers with a glimpse into the questionable ethics of these large food corporations. ![]() ![]() Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal is a 2001 nonfiction book by Eric Schlosser that investigates the business practices of the American fast food industry and the associated agricultural industries that supply it. ![]()
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