Reefer Madness Sex Drugs and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market Hardcover

Description: This listing is for Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market Hardcover Eric Schlosser. Hardcover: 320 pagesPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; First Edition edition (May 8, 2003)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0618334661ISBN-13: 978-0618334667Condition: Certain sections/passages have been highlighted in yellow or orange highlighter, otherwise very good condition As much as 10% of the American economy, and perhaps more, is comprised of illegal "underground" enterprises, according to author and Atlantic Monthly correspondent Eric Schlosser. And while this segment is never discussed in the newspaper business pages, Schlosser tackles it with the same in-depth analysis and compulsive readability that made his Fast Food Nation a best seller. Reefer Madness spotlights marijuana, migrant labor, and pornography, three of the most thriving black market industries, and analyzes the often-tenuous place each holds in society as a whole. While each of the three could be the subject of its own book, Schlosser keeps his scope narrow by concentrating on the lives of the participants in the underground economy, especially Mark Young, an Indiana man given a life sentence for participating in a marijuana sale, and Ohio porn magnate Reuben Sturman. At just 21 pages, the treatment of migrant laborers in the California strawberry fields is dealt with more briefly but is just as compelling thanks to the first-person narrative of Schlosser’s investigation. In telling these stories, which are both personal and universal, Schlosser deftly explores the manner in which his subjects are treated (and punished) compared to others in more above-ground ventures. Along the way, he asks hard questions as to what that treatment says about America. Schlosser writing is passionately opinionated, but this is no mere opinion piece: his perspective is amply supported by extensive research and clearly reasoned interpretation of data. His direct and forceful writing style makes the impact greater still. After reading Reefer Madness, readers are likely to be shocked, appalled, and flat-out bewildered by what’s happening in the cracks and crevices of American business In Reefer Madness, the best-selling author of Fast Food Nation investigates America's black market and its far-reaching influence on our society through three of its mainstays -- pot, porn, and illegal immigrants. The underground economy is vast; it comprises perhaps 10 percent -- perhaps more -- of America's overall economy, and it's on the rise. Eric Schlosser charts this growth, and finds its roots in the nexus of ingenuity, greed, idealism, and hypocrisy that is American culture. He reveals the fascinating workings of the shadow economy by focusing on marijuana, one of the nation's largest cash crops; pornography, whose greatest beneficiaries include Fortune 100 companies; and illegal migrant workers, whose lot often resembles that of medieval serfs. All three industries show how the black market has burgeoned over the past three decades, as America's reckless faith in the free market has combined with a deep-seated puritanism to create situations both preposterous and tragic. Through pot, porn, and migrants, Schlosser traces compelling parallels between underground and overground: how tycoons and gangsters rise and fall, how new technology shapes a market, how government intervention can reinvigorate black markets as well as mainstream ones, how big business learns -- and profits -- from the underground. With intrepid reportage, rich history, and incisive argument, Schlosser illuminates the shadow economy and the culture that casts that shadow. Please see our other listings as we have many related items and various other treasures you may be interested in!!! I do combine winning auctions for savings on shipping and try to keep shipping charges as close to accurate as possible. Thanks for visiting our listings and especially for bidding!!!

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Book Series: Historical

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Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Original Language: English

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Era: 2000s

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Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Book Title: Reefer Madness : Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market

Number of Pages: 320 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Topic: Entheogens & Visionary Substances, Emigration & Immigration, Commerce, Popular Culture, Economics / General, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Psychopathology / Addiction

Publication Year: 2003

Item Height: 0.8 in

Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit, Social Science, Psychology, Business & Economics

Item Weight: 21.2 Oz

Type: Textbook

Author: Eric Schlosser

Item Length: 9 in

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Hardcover