When do you think of fast food which restaurant comes to mind? Most of you thought of McDonald's, wonder why? Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, goes in-depth about how famous fast-food chains began to be, such as Burger King, Carl's Jr., and Wendy's. Moreover, exclusive insights of how each food item is prepared, the ingredients used, and the merchandise that makes you coming back for more. You are what you eat, so what are you? Fast Food Nation is written by an investigative journalist Eric Schlosser, and it was published in 2001. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is a publishing company that helps Eric Schlossler published his first book Fast Food Nation, which encouraged to start a revolution in how Americans think about what they eat. I believe that this book was targeted for general readers because the book describes the local and global influence of the United States' fast food industry and how American eating and food-production patterns have changed since World War Two.
Eric Schlossler is an award-winning journalist and author known for investigative journalism. Eric Schlossler was born in Manhattan, New York; he spent his childhood there and in Los Angeles, California. Eric Schlossler is an Author, Journalist, Film director, Film Producer, and Activist. Eric Schlossler graduated from Princeton University with a degree in American History. Eric Schlossler is known for his ground breaking-books, which reveal the secrets which influential government officials and bureaucracies don't want you to know.
Eric Schlosser's major achievement was his first book, Fast Food Nations. Schlossler was asked to write an article looking at America through fast food in 1997 by Rolling Stone. Schlossler spent nearly three years researching about the fast-food industry from slaughterhouses to packing plants that turn out the burgers to the minimum-wage workers who cook them to the television commercials that attract children to eat them with the bait of cheap toys and colorful playgrounds. Fast Food Nation of America started as a magazine article and turned out to be one of the world's bestseller. Yes, I believe that Eric Schlossler is qualified to talk about this topic because this book has several good points to it and many of which I had never thought of before.
The points he talks about in the book led behind the scenes and helped to expose the problems and issues with the fast-food industry as well as revealing the dirty little secrets that get people thinking. The author intended to convince readers that he viewed the emerging fast-food industry as a threat to independent businesses. In my own words, the author's thesis meant that the fast-food industry is going to be a threat moving forward due to the economy dominated by giant corporations as a homogenizing influence on American Life.