To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar America. 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 makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, ...
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To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar America. 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 makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning.
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This book should be required reading in all the schools! Everyone should read this and weep about what is happening here and around the world.
Charlotte P
PaTalk
Jul 23, 2010
You Should Know This
If you eat at fast food, eat meat or poultry or just want to keep informed about the health issues you face every day, this is one book you'll want to read. It might not make you hungry for awhile, but you will look at what you purchase at food store or drive-up with a new eye (and stomach)
moidatrang
Nov 3, 2009
good book
This book tells me averything about the fastfood industry. So amazing. I couldn't imazine eating KFC everyday without knowing about the process behind my meals.
Charsch
Jun 4, 2009
Superb!
This book should be required reading for EVERYONE!
tinmelone
Jun 7, 2007
How America became as it is
Great storytelling, comprehensive and scary. Read it and you'll learn much not only about fastfood but about pop culture, workers' rights, land of the free as it became America as we know it. As the world is transforming into a community influenced much by the things you read about in this book the message of it becomes more and more actual.
