Fast Food Nation: What the All-American Meal is Doing to the World

Schlosser, Eric

ISBN 10: 0141885297 ISBN 13: 9780141885292

Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd, 2002

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Présentation de l'éditeur:

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 has wrought in food production, popular culture, and even real estate.

Biographie de l'auteur:

Eric Schlosser is a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. He has received a number of journalistic honors, including a National Magazine Award for an Atlantic article he wrote about marijuana and the war on drugs. This is his first book.

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• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0141885297
• ISBN 13: 9780141885292
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