Fast Food Nation The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Name: Fast Food Nation The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
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ISBN: 9780547750330

ISBN-10: 0547750331

ISBN-13: 9780547750330

Edition: 2011

Authors: Eric Schlosser

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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…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 3/13/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.92" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Eric Schlosser, a contributing editor at the Atlantic Monthly, won a National Magazine Award for an article he wrote on strawberry picking for that magazine. His work has been nominated for several other National Magazine Awards and for the Loeb Award for business journalism.