Fast food nation : the dark side of the all-American meal / Eric Schlosser ; [with a new afterword].
2002
TX945.3 .S355 2002 (Mapit)
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Title
Fast food nation : the dark side of the all-American meal / Eric Schlosser ; [with a new afterword].
Author
Schlosser, Eric.
Edition
1st Perennial ed.
ISBN
9780060938451 paperback
0060938455 paperback
0060938455 paperback
Imprint
New York, NY : Perennial, 2002.
Language
English
Description
383 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Call Number
TX945.3 .S355 2002
Dewey Decimal Classification
394.1/0973
Summary
Examines the fast-food industry and the changes it has made in American eating patterns while presenting a look at the modern meat-packing industry.
Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but here [the author] makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning. [His] myth-shattering survey stretches from California's subdivisions where the business was born to the industrial corridor along the New Jersey Turnpike where many fast food's flavors are concocted. Along the way, he unearths a trove of fascinating, unsettling truths - from the unholy alliance between fast food and Hollywood to the seismic changes the industry has wrought in food production, popular culture, and even real estate.-Back cover.
Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but here [the author] makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning. [His] myth-shattering survey stretches from California's subdivisions where the business was born to the industrial corridor along the New Jersey Turnpike where many fast food's flavors are concocted. Along the way, he unearths a trove of fascinating, unsettling truths - from the unholy alliance between fast food and Hollywood to the seismic changes the industry has wrought in food production, popular culture, and even real estate.-Back cover.
Note
Originally published: New York : Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [356]-361) and index.
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Table of Contents
American way: Founding fathers
Your trusted friends
Behind the counter
Success
Meat and potatoes: Why the fries taste good
On the range
Cogs in the great machine
Most dangerous job
What's in the meat
Global realization
Epilogue: Have it your way
Afterword: Meaning of mad cow.
Your trusted friends
Behind the counter
Success
Meat and potatoes: Why the fries taste good
On the range
Cogs in the great machine
Most dangerous job
What's in the meat
Global realization
Epilogue: Have it your way
Afterword: Meaning of mad cow.