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Fast food nation : the dark side of the all-American meal / Eric Schlosser ; [with a new afterword]

By:

Schlosser, Eric

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, NY : Houghton Mifflin Company , c2001.Description: 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

0060938455 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

394.1097 SCH

Summary: Journalist Schlosser argues that the fast food industry has triggered the growth of malls in America's landscape, widened the gap between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. He discusses facts about food production and preparation, the ingredients and taste-enhancers in the food, the chains' efforts to reel in young, susceptible consumers, and other unsettling facts.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	394.1097 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		025692

Originally published: New York : Houghton Mifflin, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [356]-361) and index.

Journalist Schlosser argues that the fast food industry has triggered the growth of malls in America's landscape, widened the gap between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. He discusses facts about food production and preparation, the ingredients and taste-enhancers in the food, the chains' efforts to reel in young, susceptible consumers, and other unsettling facts.

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