Fast food nation : the dark side of the all-American meal / Eric Schlosser.

By:

Schlosser, Eric

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, NY : Harper Perennial, 2005.Edition: 1st Harper Perennial edDescription: 383, 16 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:

0060838582 :
9780060838584

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

394.10973 SCH3F, 2005 22

LOC classification:

TX945.3 .S355 2005

Contents:

American way: The founding fathers. Your trusted friends. Behind the counter. Success -- Meat and potatoes: Why the fries taste good. On the range. Cogs in the great machine. The most dangerous job. What's in the meat . Global realization -- Epilogue: Have it your way -- Afterword: The meaning of mad cow.

Summary: Presents an examination of the fast food industry, tracing its history and discussing how it arose in postwar America, as well as the impact it has had on economy, food production, and popular culture.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Automatización y Procesos Técnicos	Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso)	TX945.3 .S355 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000081679

"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company ... First Perennial edition published 2002. First Harper Perennial edition published 2005 ... Reprint. Originally published: New York : Houghton Mifflin, 2001"--T.p. verso.

Includes: P.S. : insights, interviews & more.

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

Presents an examination of the fast food industry, tracing its history and discussing how it arose in postwar America, as well as the impact it has had on economy, food production, and popular culture.

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