For a historical perspective on McDonalds and its defining role over the last 60+ years at the intersection of food, technology, labor, business, and culture, t

For a historical perspective on McDonalds and its defining role over the last 60+ years at the intersection of food, technology, labor, business, and culture, there's hardly a better book than Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation. Old fashioned muckraking journalism at it's best.