Four Square Meals : The Omnivore's DilemmaPollan, Michael
9780060938451
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Eric Schlosser
ISBN 10: 0060938455 / 0-06-093845-5
ISBN 13: 9780060938451
Publisher: Perennial
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Softcover
ISBN 13: 9780060938451
Publisher: Perennial
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Softcover
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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 here 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 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. He also uncovers the fast food chains' disturbing efforts to reel in the youngest, most susceptible consumers even while they hone their institutionalized exploitation of teenagers and minorities.
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"An exemplary blend of polemic and journalism, guaranteed to put you off your lunch."
Kirkus Reviews, 12/01/2000
Review:"[T]he good news is that this isn't a frivolous book at all. Schlosser is a serious and diligent reporter, and ''Fast Food Nation'' isn't an airy deconstruction but an avalanche of facts and observations as he examines the fast-food process from meat to marketing. Or maybe that's the bad news. One of the central themes here is the degree to which the modern fast-food business is defined by the industrialization of most of its parts, a development whose consequences Schlosser sees as almost universally negative."
Rob Walker, New York Times, 01/21/2001
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