Fast food nation the dark side of the all-American meal

DAISY Sound Recording 2004

An exposé of the fast-food industry, revealing its dubious production techniques, marketing strategies, and exploitation of workers. Deplores the industry's indifference to health problems it has fostered (obesity, food-borne disease) and criticizes its role in the spread of global corporate culture. Suggests solutions to the "McDonaldization of America." Bestseller. 2001.

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ISBN:

9780616205099
0616205090
0395977894

Edition:

Daisy edition
Computer data (54 files : 187 MB)

Description:

1 DAISY disc (13 hr., 34 min.) : sound ; 12 cm
digital DAISY
4 3/4 in

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Includes bibliographical references
Access restricted to persons who are visually impaired or physically disabled and cannot use conventional print materials
Read by Randy Atcher
Audio and text
Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, NLS/BPH (Louisville, Ky. : American Printing House for the Blind), 2001
Reproduced from: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2001. 0395977894
System requirements: IBM PC or compatible; double speed or faster CD-ROM drive; sound card and sound output device; DAISY playback software or DAISY talking book player. Also plays in CD-MP3 player or computer with MP3-capable software
Recording standard: DAISY 2.02 standard
MP3 compression
Compression rate: 96
DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps
Analogue to digital

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2028348

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Centre for Equitable Library Access (Canada)

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