The McLibel Trial
- McLibel : Burger Culture on Trial
by John Vidal
The McLibel trial, the McDonald's approach and the unaccountable power of multinationals corporations.
It's nearly as good as McSpotlight ;-)
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McDonald's:
- Big Mac - the Unauthorized Story of McDonald's
by Max Boas and Steve Chain
Mass production. Cheap labor. Uniform quality. Easy access. That's the basic
formula for the terrifying success of Ray Kroc, a travelling salesman, and
the McDonald's hamburger empire he started in 1954.
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Out of print.
- The McDonaldization of Society
by George Ritzer
An investigation into the changing character of contemporary social life.
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- McDonald's - Behind the Arches
by John F. Love
The authorized biography.
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Nutrition:
- Fast Food Facts
by Tim Lobstein
A compendium of the hidden secrets of fast food catering
This book gives the facts that the companies keep to themselves. Here are
the missing labels and the nutritional details. here, too, are the facts
about working in the fast food industry and the new global empires being
built by the fast food multinationals.
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- Diet for a New America
by John Robbins
How your food choices affect your health, happiness and the future of life
on Earth.
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Employment:
- Working Lives In Catering
by Yiannis Gabriel
Yiannis Gabriel gives voice to some of the two million people who are employed in catering
in Britain today, with his analysis of life inside eight very varied catering operations. Now available in paperback for the first time, his account will provide valuable material in a highly
topical area. Working Lives in Catering will interest not only those studying organizations
and management but also those working in catering and those intrigued by what goes on 'behind the kitchen door'.
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Environment:
- Pesticides, Policies and People
by Peter Beaumont
Is the present level of pesticide use sustainable?
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- Beyond Beef
by Jeremy Rifkin
The Western world has a love affair with beef. But how many people are aware that the real costs of the cattle culture are animal suffering, global hunger and poverty, and environmental devastation?
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- Hoofprints on the Forest
by Douglas R. Shane
Cattle ranching and the destruction of Latin America's tropical forests.
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- Chlorine, Pollution and the Parents of Tomorrow
by Ann Link
One million tonnes of elemental chlorine is produced each year in Britain. Its uses by industry vary enormously from the manufacture of PVC plastic to the production of solvents and organochlorine pesticides such as 2,4-D and Lindane.
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- Zum Beispiel SOJA
by Siegfried Pater/ Boris Terpinc
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Animal Welfare:
Capitalism:
- Reclaiming Capital - Democratic Initiatives and
Community Development
by Christopher Gunn & Hazel Dayton Gunn
Towns without nationally advertised fast-food restaurants often eagerly
await the day when the golden arches sprout next door to the local car dealership.
But what really happens to a community with the arrival of the uni-burger?
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