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Rating:  - Terrific and insightful book
This book will turn your head and change your appitite for fast food. The book has many aspects; a food aspect, and business aspect, and a political aspect just to name a few. This is facinating book that shows the true colors of the fast food industry.
Rating: - Haven't touched fast food since
Wow! Where do I begin? This book was very informative, very well researched, and a very easy read. Schlosser did a wonderful job of organizing the vast amount of information that he placed in this book. For a non-fiction book, I found that Fast Food Nation kept me entertained throughout it's entirety. In fact, I couldn't put it down! The history of the fast food industry itself was fascinating, as well as the backround information on the potato and meat industries. The first-hand accounts given by people who work for the fast food industry, as well as the meat-packing and potato plants, added to the reality of the points the book was trying to make. The fast food industry and all industries supported by fast food companies have some serious issues that need to be addressed by the nation.
In addition, Schlosser does an excellent job of pointing out the dangers of not only working for these businesses, but eating food supplied by them. It's scary to think about the dangers lurking behind the counter at your local fast food chain. This book really opens your eyes to some health hazards that all of America should be aware of. Everyone should read this book! It will change your eating habits, and the way you view large fast food corporations.
Rating: - How fast food has redefined our culture...
Great book. I expected a diatribe about how bad fast food is for you (and it does have a little of that), but this book focuses more on the societal implications of fast food: How our suburbs are being designed around fast food restaurants, the plight of unskilled minimum wage workers, the political power of industry lobbyists. You should read this book if you eat fast food, period. You may not change your habits, but at least you will have more information (for instance, you probably won't be eating many fast food hamburgers again...). Some of the other interesting things you will learn about include: Why working in the slaughterhouse is the worst job in America. How fast food is expanding overseas. How the franchise system works for fast food chains, and how federal government subsidies indirectly support fast food. The increasing level of consolidation in the beef and poultry industries, the political power that goes with that consolidation, and how that political power is repressing food safety legislation. And much, much more. I disagree with the author's commentary against the loss of small farms in America. I don't see anything inherently evil about large corporate-owned farming operations; the efficiency and productivy gains are palpable. Having said that, I do agree that the working conditions and business practices of the large corporations are terrible. But the way to solve that is not from a return to the small farmer days, but rather better laws and consumer action against bad companies.
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