HST 206 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Taco Bell, Burgerville, Carl Karcher
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Fast food nation: introduction and chapter 1 notes. Introduction: americans now spend more money on fast food than they do on higher education (pg, on any given day in the united states, about one-quarter of the adult population visits a fast food restaurant (pg. 4: an estimated 1/8 workers in the united states has at some point been employed at. 4(cid:895: the idea of (cid:862)u(cid:374)ifor(cid:373)ity(cid:863) is prese(cid:374)t i(cid:374) these (cid:272)hai(cid:374)s. the idea that the produ(cid:272)ts are the same no matter which restaurant of the chain you go to. 5: the average american now consumes 3 hamburgers and 4 orders of french fries a week (pg. 6: the united states now has more prison inmates than full time farmers (pg. 8: the real price of fast food never appears on the menu (pg. It was world war ii that transformed southern california into the most important economic region in the west (pg.
