Mariner Books is proud to publish the 25th Anniversary Edition of FAST FOOD NATION: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Pulitzer Prize finalist Eric Schlosser-the New York Times bestselling exposé on how America's fast food industry has reshaped America and the world. This anniversary edition includes a new afterword in which Schlosser extends his indictment of industrial food and corporate power into the present, tracing how consolidation, deregulation, and worker exploitation have only tightened their grip over the past twenty-five years.When first published in 2001, FAST FOOD NATION blew the lid off the fast food industry-exposing how it mauled our landscapes, widened the gap between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. Among a groundswell of attention and praise, it was hailed as "a fine piece of muckraking" (NewYork Times Book Review), "as disturbing as it is irresistible" (San Francisco Chronicle), and "reminiscent of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle" (Boston Globe).Now, Schlosser sounds the alarm again on the damage wrought by corporate control of America's food system and stressing how the forces he first identified are even more powerful today. The new material updates the book's core argument by tracing new crises-like H5N1 bird flu spreading through industrial dairy farms, corporate surveillance of activists and critics, stagnant wages amid soaring CEO pay, food industry consolidation, and exploitation of meatpacking workers, including child labor-all stemming from unchecked industry power and weak regulation.Schlosser closes by arguing that the "true cost" of cheap industrial food is far higher than its price tag suggests, and calls for stronger labor protections, antitrust action, and accountability to fix a system that sacrifices workers' and consumers' health for profit. Schlosser's myth-shattering survey stretches from California's subdivisions, where the business was born, to the industrial corridor along the New Jersey Turnpike, where many of fast food's flavors are concocted. Along the way, he unearths fascinating and unsettling truths-from the unholy alliance between fast food and Hollywood to the seismic changes the industry has wrought in food production, popular culture, and even real estate.
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