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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. 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. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Eric Schlosser Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal Paperback 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. Add to wishlist. Reviews There are no reviews yet. Create a new list. Eric Schlosser. Fast Food Nation.

New York Times Bestseller "Schlosser has a flair for dazzling scene-setting and an arsenal of startling facts. Fast Food Nation points the way but, to resurrect an old fast food slogan, the choice is yours. The book changed the way millions of people think about what they eat and helped to launch today's food movement.

In a new afterword for this edition, Schlosser discusses the growing interest in local and organic food, the continued exploitation of poor workers by the food industry, and the need to ensure that every American has access to good, healthy, affordable food. Fast Food Nation is as relevant today as it was a decade ago.

The book inspires Fast Food Nation to look beneath the surface of our food system, consider its impact on society and, most of all, think for themselves. Exhaustively researched, frighteningly convincing. In Fast Food Nation, Eric Natioh exposes the reader to the history and detrimental side of a process we easily take for granted. The book goes into detail about Fpod psychology and tactics of fast food aFst. The Fast Food Nation with people in the life of agriculture supported by statistics and personal observation lead this book to uncover the unnoticed side of fast food. I liked how with every claim the author was making, he was able to support it with the right evidence and logically expand on that. Fast Food Nation book is almost guaranteed to make you furious, that the brutal methods used to make processed meats, fruits and vegetables finds its way not only into fast food but also onto our supermarket shelves.

Equally maddening is the food industry's Perfectionism And Procrastination every attempt by government to make slaughterhouses more humane and safer. Or their efforts at union busting.

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Or to work around worker's compensation laws. Or to raise the minimum wage.

A one dollar wage increase in the minimum raises the price of a burger by two cents. I wouldn't mind paying an extra quarter Fast Food Nation get these hard-working people up to a living wage. Things have improved slightly since the book's publication, but only just. We often don't think of what goes source making our food - prepared, processed or even "fresh".

This book will. Definitely a must read. I was a bit worried when this book was assigned as part of my book club; I thought it would be rather dry and somewhat preachy. I was pleasantly surprised. This was an excellent read, fast paced and full of information. Yes the author has Fast Food Nation agenda, but he really does save the sermon for the last chapter. I would highly recommend it, just to make you think a bit about the world we live in and how our decisions have impact far beyond our immediate senses. Well-researched, but a bit outdated. The end is so hopeful, but we haven't really changed much, have we?

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Unlike many books on the topic, Schlosser does not push a particular view for one, he has no problem with eating meat per seand - not having a particular issue to push - takes a wider look at fast food, including at why it can be so appealing to some. A fascinating, must-read book, still current a decade later. Even if this book is more than a decade old, it is still truthful and seems relevant in Schlosser gives a disturbing and insightful look at what goes into every hamburger both literally and figuratively that we eat at fast food joints. Even if one doesn't agree or believe every point in the book, he does a good job of painting the larger picture.

The book covers a lot of ground: the monopoly of commodity foods like potatoes, the horrible working condition of slaughter houses, the unresponsiveness of the US government even in the face of evident Fash high spread food poisoning, and the general attitudes of these big corporation that peddle Fasy food with our children in mind. By Fast Food Nation time you finish this book, you probably won't be a vegetarian convert, but you'll question the morality Fast Food Nation some consumer choices we make.

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An excellent study of the fast food industry, its history,and how it eploits people and animals and produces food which is very unhealthy and dangerous to eat. Reading it gave me more reasons to be proud of being a vegetarian. Highly recommended for all.]