Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side Of The All-american Meal

A Journalist Explores The Homogenization Of American Culture And The Impact Of The Fast Food Industry On Modern-day Health, Economy, Politics, Popular Culture, Entertainment, And Food Production. Introduction -- I. American Way -- Founding Fathers -- Your Trusted Friends -- Behind The Counter -- Success -- Ii. Meat And Potatoes -- Why The Fries Taste Good -- On The Range -- Cogs In The Great Machine -- Most Dangerous Job -- What's In The Meat -- Global Realization -- Epilogue: Have It Your Way -- Afterword -- Photo Credits -- Notes. Eric Schlosser ; [with A New Afterword]. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 336-341) And Index. Ala Notable Books, 2002. Tayshas Reading Commended, 2002.

Author : Schlosser, Eric.

Publisher : Mariner Books/houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published Year : 2012

Format : print - Paperback, 384 pages

Subject : Fast food restaurants, Fast food restaurants--United States, Food industry and trade, Food industry and trade--United States, Convenience foods, Convenience foods--United States, Fast Foods, Diet, Western, Food Industry, Nutritive Value, Feeding Behavior, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Industries--Agribusiness, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Labor, SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture, Snabbmatsrestauranger, Snabbmat, American cooking, Fast food restaurants--History, Fast food restaurants--United States--History, TX945.3 .S355 2012, 338.1/973, BUS077000 BUS070120 HEA017000 HIS054000 HIS036060

Language : English

Dimensions : 362 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

ISBN : 0395977894

ISBN13 : 9780395977897