Fast food nation : the dark side of the all-American meal

By - Schlosser, Eric

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2001

ISBN 10 - 0060838582

ISBN 13 - 9780060838584

Book Status - 2 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Fast food restaurants

Shelf No - 20

Call Number - 394.1097 SCH

Physical Description - 356 pages: illustrations; 24 cm

Notes - Include Bibliography and index.

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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 Eric Schlosser makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning. Schlosser's myth-shattering survey stretches from California's subdivisions, where the business was born, to the industrial corridor along the New Jersey Turnpike, where many of 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.

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