{"product_id":"book-at90","title":"Fast Food Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eFast Food Nation\u003c\/b\u003e - the groundbreaking work of investigation and cultural history  that has changed the way America thinks about the way it eats - and spent nearly  four months on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list - now available on cassette!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Are  we what we eat? To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food  is the story of postwar America. 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 propelling 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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. 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, 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.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49340955459888,"sku":"BDat90","price":14.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/311238-at90-Square.jpg?v=1734051556","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-at90","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}