{"product_id":"fast-food-nation-25th-anniversary-edition-by-eric-schlosser","title":"Fast Food Nation (25th Anniversary Edition) by Eric Schlosser","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBESTSELELR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A fine piece of muckraking, alarming without being alarmist. . . . Schlosser makes it hard to go on eating fast food in blissful ignorance.” –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“One of the most important books on the precarious nature of the modern American food system.” –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2001,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFast Food Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas published to critical acclaim and became an international bestseller. Eric Schlosser’s exposé revealed how the fast food industry has altered the landscape of America, widened the gap between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and transformed food production throughout the world. The book changed the way millions of people think about what they eat and helped to launch today’s food movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFast Food Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis as relevant today as it was twenty-five years ago. In a new afterword, Schlosser surveys the changes—and lack of change—in the industry, highlighting the persistence of corporate greed, the harms of ultra-processed food, the abuse of poor immigrant workers, and, despite it all, the grounds for hope.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFast Food Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einspires readers to look beneath the surface of our food system, consider its impact, and, most of all, think for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Exhaustively researched, frighteningly convincing . . . channeling the spirits of Upton Sinclair and Rachel Carson.” –\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57544416886950,"sku":"9780063432512","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/4637\/7638\/files\/9780063432512_b5656584-8d0b-400f-a158-b486ddef72b0.webp?v=1790798871","url":"https:\/\/woollybearbooks.com\/products\/fast-food-nation-25th-anniversary-edition-by-eric-schlosser","provider":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}