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Fast Food Nation

The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Fast Food Nation( )
Author: Schlosser, Eric
ISBN:978-0-395-97789-7
Publication Date:Jan 2001
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Mariner Books
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $27.00
Book Description:

Are we what we eat? To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar Amerca. Though created by a handful of mavericks, the fast food industry has triggered the homogenization of our society. Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled the juggernaut of American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but Eric Schlosser...
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Book Details
Pages:368
Detailed Subjects: Business & Economics / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism
Cooking / General
Business & Economics / Industries / Food Industry
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 1.17 Inches
Book Weight:1.111 Pounds
Author Biography
Schlosser, Eric (Author)
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.

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