fast food nation book report
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The book "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser is a depiction of the fast food industry. It covers fast food history, beginning with what is considered to be the very first fast food restaurant, to what is today, empires of major fast food chain corporations. The book also explores the effects that fast food has had on the American culture. It examines the labor practices that contribute to the national economy. It links chemical manipulation of taste, with government actions regarding fast food enterprises. Eric Schlosser emphasizes how the marketing techniques are hitting the targeted audiences, and describes some of the tactics that advertisers use. Fast Food Nation also puts focus on the health hazards that have resulted, since the fast food industry has flourished.
In Fast Food Nation the realization of what fast food has become is mind numbing, the industry first started in Southern California. It was a post war explosion. Carl Karcher founder of Carl's Jr...