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

by Eric Schlosser
"What we eat has changed more in the last forty years than in the last forty thousand," Schlosser observes, yet most Americans know very little about how that food is made, where, by whom, and at what cost. Fast Food Nation traces the industry's phenomenal growth from its birth fifty years ago in southern California to its global reach today, from the feedlots and slaughterhouses of America's new rural ghettos to the high school kid handing you milk shakes at the drive-thru window. The book's revelations are shocking. About half the pages of my copy are covered with underlined passages and exclamation points in the margins. Dave, Powells.com

Review:
"While cataloguing assorted evils with the tenacity and sharp eye of the best investigative journalist, he uncovers a cynical, dismissive attitude to food safety in the fast food industry and widespread circumvention of the government's efforts at regulation....Schlosser establishes a seminal argument for true wrongs at the core of modern America." Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Product Details
Subtitle: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Author: Schlosser, Eric
Publisher: Perennial (HarperCollins)
Subject: Convenience foods
Subject: Fast food restaurants
Subject: Industries - General
Subject: Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism
Subject: Economics - Theory
Subject: Corporate & Business History
Subject: Social history
Subject: Corporate & Business History - General
Subject: Food industry and trade
Edition Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Publication Date: January 2002
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Illustrations: Yes
Pages: 400
Dimensions: 8.06x5.28x.98 in. .79 lbs.