这是一本关于快餐、快餐的价值和快餐所造就的世界的书。说来既引人入胜又令人担心，在一定程度上，快餐的故事也就是战后美国的故事。尽管快餐业是少数人的创造的，可它引发了美国社会的同一化。快餐加速了对美国自然景观的破坏，扩大了贫富差别，刺激了肥胖症的流行，推动了美国文化的帝国主义扩张。可以列出一长串“账单”，而艾里克·施洛瑟他一流的新闻报道，讽刺、幽默、调侃的语言，缜密的论据把它们联系在了一起。

Fast Food Nation is the book that got the burger chains on the run,and started everyone talking about what junk food is really doing to us.Eric Schlosser's explosive bestseller tells the story of our dangerouslove affair with fast food.He visits a chemical plant that manufacturesthe flavour of milkshakes;examines the unsafe working conditions inabattoirs;reveals why the fries taste so good and what really lurksbetween the sesame buns-and shows how fast food is transformingnot only our diets but our health,our environment and our world.

Introduction

Ⅰ.The American Way

 1.The Founding Fathers

 2.Your Trusted Friends

 3.Behind the Counter

 4.Success

Ⅱ.Meat and Potatoes

 5.Why the Fries Taste Good

 6.On the Range

 7.Cogs in the Great Machine

 8.The Most Dangerous Job

 9.What's in the Meat

 10.Global Realization

Epilogue: Have It Your Way

Afterword: The Meaning of Mad Cow

Photo Credits

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index