Throughout, Schlosser fires these and a dozen other hair-raising statistical bullets into the heart of the matter. In harrowing detail, the book explains the process of beef slaughter and confirms almost every urban myth about what in fact ""lurks between those sesame seed buns."" Given the estimate that the typical American eats three hamburgers and four orders of french fries each week, and one in eight will work for McDonald's in the course of their lives, few are exempt from the insidious impact of fast food. The second half looks at the product itself: where it is manufactured (in a handful of enormous factories), what goes into it (chemicals, feces) and who is responsible (monopolistic corporate executives). The first part of the book details the postwar ascendance of fast food from Southern California, assessing the impact on people in the West in general. Schlosser's incisive history of the development of American fast food indicts the industry for some shocking crimes against humanity, including systematically destroying the American diet and landscape, and undermining our values and our economy.
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