http://thebestnotes.com/booknotes/Fast_Food_Nation/Fast_Food_Nation03.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Food_Nation

http://www.geocities.com/craigsbookclub/fastfood.html

SHORT SUMMARY (Synopsis)

This book is divided into two sections, “The American Way,” which interrogates the beginnings of the Fast Food Nation within the context of post-World War II America; and “Meat and Potatoes,” which examines the specific mechanizations of the fast-food industry, including the chemical flavoring of the food, the production of cattle and chickens, the working conditions of beef industry, the dangers of eating meat, and the global context of fast food as an American cultural export.

The fast food industry is out to make money. They make bad food because it’s cheap and people will buy it. They don’t always meet safety standards but don’t really care. They don’t pay their employees enough… but didn’t we already know all that?