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  • Tutto quello che abbiamo sempre immaginato esserci in un hamburger, ma che abbiamo sempre ignorato ogni volta ci siamo recati in un mac donalds: d'ora in poi far finta di nulla sarà impossibile!! il libro è una lotta ai batteri più assurdi trovati nella carne di manzo, alle malattie che provocano, a ... Continue

    Tutto quello che abbiamo sempre immaginato esserci in un hamburger, ma che abbiamo sempre ignorato ogni volta ci siamo recati in un mac donalds: d'ora in poi far finta di nulla sarà impossibile!! il libro è una lotta ai batteri più assurdi trovati nella carne di manzo, alle malattie che provocano, all'obesità, alle pessime condizioni di lavoro degli addetti al settore, alla mancanza di scrupoli dell'america hamburghizzata...da leggere soprattutto se siete degli appassionati di mac donalds, burgher king, etc etc etc.

    

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  • The Fast Food Industry In A New Light

  • I couldn't put this book down, it really did put the fast food industry into a new light, it was touching in parts and possibly justifies a reform of the industry.

    

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• ― Richardtherebel said on May 25, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • Don't see the movie, read the book!

  • I have never been a fan of fast food but before reading this book, my concerns were health related only. The book gives you a different point of view about the Fast Food culture.

    It shows you how it really affects many aspects in society you are not usually aware of (marketing, city design, f ... Continue

    I have never been a fan of fast food but before reading this book, my concerns were health related only. The book gives you a different point of view about the Fast Food culture.

    It shows you how it really affects many aspects in society you are not usually aware of (marketing, city design, farming, environment, etc)

    The book is highly documented (as far as I know, the author has never been sued for any of statements in the book) and weel researched.
    It is easy to read too. It is a shame the movie sucked so badly

    

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  • Un saggio sull'industria del fast food negli Stati Uniti. Il libro analizza ogni aspetto dell'argomento: allevamento del bestiame, coltivazione delle patate, industria degli aromi, macellazione della carne, distribuzione, vendita e costi umani di quest'industria.
    Con tutte queste informazioni e ... Continue

    Un saggio sull'industria del fast food negli Stati Uniti. Il libro analizza ogni aspetto dell'argomento: allevamento del bestiame, coltivazione delle patate, industria degli aromi, macellazione della carne, distribuzione, vendita e costi umani di quest'industria.
    Con tutte queste informazioni e testimonianze dirette di gente del settore, il libro sferra un pugno nello stomaco che difficilmente ignorerete se entrerete un'altra volta in un ristorante di una catena di fast food.
    Ah è giusto di ieri la notizia che negli Stati Uniti alcune catene di fast food hanno dovuto ritirare i pomodori dalla farcitura dei propri panini per casi riscontrati di salmonella.

    

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  • Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but here Eric Schlosser makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry ... Continue

    Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but here Eric Schlosser makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning.

    Schlosser's myth-shattering survey stretches from California's subdivisions where the business was born to the industrial corridor along the New Jersey Turnpike where many fast food's flavors are concocted. Along the way, he unearths a trove of fascinating, unsettling truths — from the unholy alliance between fast food and Hollywood to the seismic changes the industry has wrought in food production, popular culture, and even real estate. He also uncovers the fast food chains' disturbing efforts to reel in the youngest, most susceptible consumers even while they hone their institutionalized exploitation of teenagers and minorities.

    

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  • The urge to throw up!!

  • Can't help but wonder whether he was repressing the urge to throw up whilst writing the book... I felt like doing that whilst I was reading it, even on an empty stomach. Thank goodness I am never a keen consumer of such 'food'.

    

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• ― iljlee said on Aug 29, 2007 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

Are we what we eat?
To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar Amerca. Though created by a handful of mavericks, the fast food industry has triggered the homogenization of our society. Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled the juggernaut of American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but Eric Schlosser makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning.
Schlosser's myth-shattering survey stretches from the California subdivisions where the business was born to the industrial corridor along the New Jersey Turnpike where many of fast food's flavors are concocted. He hangs out with the teenagers who make the restaurants run and communes with those unlucky enough to hold America's most dangerous job -- meatpacker. He travels to Las Vegas for a giddily surreal franchisers' convention where Mikhail Gorbachev delivers the keynote address. He even ventures to England and Germany to clock the rate at which those countries are becoming fast food nations.
Along the way, Schlosser unearths a trove of fascinating, unsettling truths -- from the unholy alliance between fast food and Hollywood to the seismic changes the industry has wrought in food production, popular culture, and even real estate. He also uncovers the fast food chains' efforts to reel in the youngest, most susceptible consumers even while they hone their institutionalized exploitation of teenagers and minorities. Schlosser then turns a critical eye toward the hot topic of globalization -- a phenomenon launched by fast food.
FAST FOOD NATION is a groundbreaking work of investigation and cultural history that may change the way America thinks about the way it eats.

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