Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Details Author Reviews Description 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 length 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."An avalanche of facts and observations... A fine piece of muckraking, alarming without being alarmist... Schlosser makes it hard to go on eating fast good in blissful ignorance." - New York Times"As disturbing as it is irresistible... Exhaustively researched, frighteningly convincing... channeling the spirits of Upton Sinclair and Rachel Carson." - San Francisco Chronicle"A passionately argued, incendiary polemic... Schlosser has a flair for dazzling scene-setting and an arsenal of startling fats." - Lost Angeles TImes 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 length 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... Read More
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