![]() ![]() Particularly for the American Midwest and West, this changed the culture dramatically. This evolution was devastating for the American rancher and the family farm, and the larger the corporations became and the more they gobbled up their competition, the more independent ranchers and farmers went by the wayside. At the time Schlosser wrote the book, close to 80 percent of meat sold in the United States came from plants owned by four large corporations. 362 Previews available in: English French German Spanish To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar Amerca. ![]() This time, they had gained the favor and protection of those who otherwise would be forced to break them apart: politicians. The meatpacking monopolies of the early 1900s that were broken up by antitrust litigation made a comeback. As agribusinesses grew, the larger companies either absorbed the smaller ones or simply put them out of business. Fast Food Nation is a groundbreaking work of investigation and cultural history that may change the way America thinks about the way it eats. ![]() Slaughterhouses, where thousands of cattle are processed daily, came to resemble manufacturing plants. Frozen vegetables, specifically frozen potatoes (french fries) replaced fresh food. The fast food industry influenced American agriculture in astonishing ways. ![]()
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