Eric Schlosser: 4 books
Fast Food Nation
The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2001
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...
Command and Control
Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
**The Oscar-shortlisted documentary Command and Control, directed by Robert Kenner, finds its origins in Eric Schlosser's book and continues to explore the little-known history of the management and safety concerns of America's nuclear aresenal.
A myth-shattering exposé of America’s nuclear...
Reefer Madness
Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
New York Times Bestseller: The shadowy world of “off the books” businesses—from marijuana to migrant workers—brought to life by the author of Fast Food Nation.
America’s black market is much larger than we realize, and it affects us all deeply, whether or not we smoke pot, rent a...
Chew On This
Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Kids love fast food. And the fast food industry definitely loves kids. It couldn’t survive without them. Did you know that the biggest toy company in the world is McDonald’s? It’s true. In fact, one out of every three toys given to a child in the United States each year is from a fast food restaurant.
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