David Epstein wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] went:
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> > if you are interested in a good read that will persuade you to avoid
> > fast food restaurants, Eric Schlosser's "Fast Food Nation" is hard
> > to put down even as it turns your stomach.
>
> I strongly second the recommendation; Schlosser's book is amusing,
> absorbing, and often disturbing as it moves among many levels of
> analysis. The viscerally gross information is all in the second half
> of the book; the first concentrates on historical, cultural, and
> economic material--and frequently made me laugh out loud (with it, not
> at it).
Well, accuse me of "piling on" but, yes, I concur as well. What struck me
about the historic and economic material was the role the Interstate Highway
system played in the development of the fast food chains. The highways that
were funded with taxpayers dollars, which then created multi-millionaires,
who cling to the idea that they created all their own wealth. Schlosser
didn't quite say it that bluntly (if memory serves) but that is what I
remember thinking as I read the book.
If Schlosser's book doesn't steer you away from fast-food, when Lent
starts I'll remind everyone about the role of fasting (not starvation) in
promoting health and longevity in man and mice :)
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John W. Kulig [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Department of Psychology http://oz.plymouth.edu/~kulig
Plymouth State College tel: (603) 535-2468
Plymouth NH USA 03264 fax: (603) 535-2412
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