TY - BOOK N2 - 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. N2 - 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. AB - 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. AB - 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. T1 - Fast food nation :the dark side of the all-American meal / DA - 2002. CY - New York, NY : AU - Schlosser, Eric. ET - 1st Perennial ed. CN - TX945.3 CN - TX945.3 PB - Perennial, PP - New York, NY : PY - 2002. N1 - Originally published: New York : Houghton Mifflin, 2001. ID - 706962 KW - Fast food restaurants KW - Food industry and trade KW - Convenience foods SN - 9780060938451 SN - 0060938455 TI - Fast food nation :the dark side of the all-American meal / LK - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc043/2001051914.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc043/2001051914.html ER -