Fast Food Nation: What the All-American Meal.

FAST FOOD NATION - the groundbreaking work of investigation and cultural hi story that has changed the way America thinks about the way it eats - and s pent nearly four months on the New York Times bestseller list - now availab le on cassette! Are we what we eat To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar America. Though created by a handful of m avericks, the fast food industry has triggered the homogenization of our so ciety. Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the cha sm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelling the juggernaut of 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 the California 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, even real estate. He also uncovers the fast food chains' efforts to reel in the youngest, most susceptible consumers even while they hone their institutionalized exploitation of teenagers and minorities. Schlosser then turns a critical eye toward the hot topic of globalization - a phenomenon launched by fast food.

Product Info

ISBN: 0713996021

ISBN-13: 9780713996029

Publisher: Allen Lane

Year: 2001

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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