Fast Food Nation

图书标准信息

• 作者 Eric Schlosser 著
• 出版社 Houghton Mifflin Company
• 出版时间 2001-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780395977897
• 定价 192.20元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 288页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Arewewhatweeat?Toadegreebothengrossingandalarming,thestoryoffastfoodisthestoryofpostwarAmerca.Thoughcreatedbyahandfulofmavericks,thefastfoodindustryhastriggeredthehomogenizationofoursociety.Fastfoodhashastenedthemallingofourlandscape,widenedthechasmbetweenrichandpoor,fueledanepidemicofobesity,andpropelledthejuggernautofAmericanculturalimperialismabroad.That'salengthylistofcharges,butEricSchlossermakesthemstickwithanartfulmixoffirst-ratereportage,wrywit,andcarefulreasoning.Schlosser'smyth-shatteringsurveystretchesfromtheCaliforniasubdivisionswherethebusinesswasborntotheindustrialcorridoralongtheNewJerseyTurnpikewheremanyoffastfood'sflavorsareconcocted.HehangsoutwiththeteenagerswhomaketherestaurantsrunandcommuneswiththoseunluckyenoughtoholdAmerica'smostdangerousjob—meatpacker.HetravelstoLasVegasforagiddilysurrealfranchisers'conventionwhereMikhailGorbachevdeliversthekeynoteaddress.HeevenventurestoEnglandandGermanytoclocktherateatwhichthosecountriesarebecomingfastfoodnations.Alongtheway,Schlosserunearthsatroveoffascinating,unsettlingtruths—fromtheunholyalliancebetweenfastfoodandHollywoodtotheseismicchangestheindustryhaswroughtinfoodproduction,popularculture,andevenrealestate.Healsouncoversthefastfoodchains'effortstoreelintheyoungest,mostsusceptibleconsumersevenwhiletheyhonetheirinstitutionalizedexploitationofteenagersandminorities.Schlosserthenturnsacriticaleyetowardthehottopicofglobalization—aphenomenonlaunchedbyfastfood.FASTFOODNATIONisagroundbreakingworkofinvestigationandculturalhistorythatmaychangethewayAmericathinksaboutthewayiteats.

【作者简介】

EricSchlosserisacorrespondentfortheAtlantic.Hisworkhasals