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15 de jul. de 2005 · Fast Food Nation is a landmark book right up there in importance with Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. Originally published in 2002 (and reissued in 2012 with a new Afterward), it's equally relevant today. But, if you're a fast food fanatic you might want to pass on reading it for fear of being driven to vegetarianism.
Fast food is now served at restaurants and drive-throughs, at stadiums, airports, zoos, high schools, elementary schools, and universities, on cruise ships, trains, and airplanes, at K-Marts, Wal-Marts, gas stations, and even at hospital cafeterias. In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion.
About Fast Food Nation. 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! Are we what we eat? To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar America.
Page 3 - A nation's diet can be more revealing than its art or literature. On any given day in the United States about one-quarter of the adult population visits a fast food restaurant. During a relatively brief period of time, the fast food industry has helped to transform not only the American diet, but also our landscape, economy, workforce, and popular culture.
10 de ago. de 2018 · Fast Food Nation was made into a full-length film of the same name in 2006, but didn't receive the attention it deserved. It features a large cast and highlights some big Hollywood names (Greg Kinnear, Wilmer Valderrama). Last week, I attended a screening of the film with Slice intern Aaron Mattis as part of 92Y Tribeca's summer Eat This Film! series.
Fast Food Nation (br: Nação Fast Food - Uma Rede de Corrupção / pt: Geração Fast Food) é um filme estadunidense de 2006 dirigido por Richard Linklater, baseado no livro homônimo de Eric Schlosser; foi filmado no México e nos Estados Unidos (nos Estados de Texas e de Colorado).Como o livro, o filme é uma crítica a influência mundial das indústrias norte-americanas de fast-food.
13 de mar. de 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. Eric Schlosser inspires readers to look beneath the surface of our food system, consider its impact on society and, most of ...
