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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All American Meal Library Binding – 1 Aug. 2001

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English
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1 Aug. 2001
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3.18 x 13.97 x 20.96 cm
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0613451392
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978-0613451390
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Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0613451392
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0613451390
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 3.18 x 13.97 x 20.96 cm

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ERIC SCHLOSSER is the author of The New York Times bestsellers Fast Food Nation and Reefer Madness. His work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and The Nation.

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stan baldwin

Good book - prompt delivery.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 14 May 2023

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An interesting book - how should we tackle the obesity problem? It is a major cost on the NHS.

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John Moseley

It just ain't food...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 18 August 2010

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This is a highly affecting book, not just emotionally, but behaviourally as well. Like many people I have had the ocassional burger or KFC, but not since reading Fast Food Nation about two years ago. Eric Schlosser's book is a piece of very thorough piece of investigative journalism on the working practices of the fast food business. Schlosser writes in quite a controlled, scientific manner and isn't dogged by some of the more excitable hyperbole of Michael Moore for instance, so you feel you are getting a balanced picture. But neither does he shy away from the more outrageous aspects of fast food production, such as cattle faeces entering the meat production, the employment of illegal immigrants and the regular loss of limbs on the production line.

What I came to realise in reading this book is what McDonald's or KFC or Taco Bell might like to call food isn't actually food. The meat isn't meat, the bread isn't bread and the fries certainly aren't fries. As I said, this has had a profound affect on my eating habits, and I haven't touched fast food for over two years. Sometimes the convenience of picking up a Big Mac and fries when you are out is almost overwhelming, but several times I've gone hungry rather than break my promise to myself of staying away from this non-food.

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Alexander Stewart

I really wanted to enjoy this book.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 20 January 2017

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I would just like to say that I agree with the content of the book and find the material contained within the book both useful and informative.

But if you were looking for a book which grabs you and keeps you glued to it's pages then this might not be for you.

Albeit a bit dated the shock factor is still very much present in this book, but by god does it take a hell of a long time to get to the point, and reading this book is further worsened by the lack of cronological order of events even within the same subject area. One minute you're getting the back story to a person or business, the next you're on a tangent which is semi relevant and in another time some years beforehand or after the personal narrative was set. I found each of the narratives half finished as the tangents usually took over. And at times a tangent might dominate the chapter. Which goes against the whole point of a chapter!

This book also alternates between casual reading and in depth analysis, which means that this is neither a casual read or a deep insight into the industries .

I've just finished reading around 8 books based around the subject of World War 2, from Schindler's List to the Pianist. And I can honestly say that reading those 8 books was easier and more comfortable to read than reading this.

Set the damn pace. Set the scene for each chapter. Don't go off on tangents which are more than a page long. Don't suddenly go from casual slating , to biography to analytical business !

Thank you for reading!

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P. Milligan

Fast Food - Not What It Seems?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 11 June 2012

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This book is a detailed investigation into the fast food industry in the USA. The author includes a lot of background research to back up his arguments. He shows in detail how the industry started out and suddenly exploded into what it is today, e.g. to the point where children recognise the famous golden arches more than the relevance of a cruciform shape.

Anyone wishing to opt out of the fast food culture read this book now!

This is probably the 4th copy I've purchased as when I lend it out I never get it back due to it being a good damn read - one of the "unputtable" down books.

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miosotis

The naked truth about fast food

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 20 August 2010

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This book tells you a brief history of fast food in the US and its spread throughout the world.
It also explains the environmental, economic and social impacts of these consumption patterns.
The film "Food inc." is based on this book.
A must read for those interesting of knowing how fast food is prepared, quality standards and how consumers can make a difference with their everyday food choices.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 31 December 2001

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This book was so full of facinating information that as soon as I finished it I felt I needed to re-read it again __ I couldn't take it all in in one hit. It describes just how far the science of marketing and the unbridled pursuit of profit has taken us in astonishing but well-researched detail.
What has already happened in the fast food industry is probably the blueprint that most corporations would like to emulate if they could. The fast food industry lends itself particularly well to the explotation of suppliers, young employeees and the consumers who are unwittingly snared by the wholesome images and the artificially enhanced flavours.
This book will open your eyes to a world you may not be aware existed.

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T. I. Vevers

Alarming and thought provoking - even though this was written ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 13 December 2015

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Alarming and thought provoking - even though this was written in 2002 I don't think the situation will have improved much.

Constant references to Beef patties and French fries did make me want a burger though!

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a true book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 21 October 2019

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